peterposh

£14 , wow , it's many years since I had a petrol engine and that was a motorbike

On a journey of 30 minutes across town , the engine was off for 15 of those minutes, got to be good

it's 6 years old , VAG will wriggle out of that for sure

But you won't be getting a proper dyno wheel reading as the power will be less as soon as you re enable the 4wd

has anyone replaced their DPF? Looks as though generic ones are about £300 plus vat + fitting

If you had a sticking caliper and had it changed , did they change the possibly warped disk as well at the same time?

I had my 140 4x4 remapped as it was a flat as a pancake performance wise , transformed it

remap , boxes are a waste of money

I've never heard anyone lubing the belt! Have they really changed the belt, have a look with a torch , if the noise is still there it'll probably be the tensioner

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/air-conditioning/

the pollen filter gets filthy , makes you think twice about opening the window in traffic

I had mine done at 135 k on a 2014 , it recommends 140 k but I bottled

standard pads , I bought an ex demo car, I though someone may have overheated the brakes on a test drive maybe? I did the heavy braking trick to no avail

My 140 4 x 4 had terrible brakes when I bought it at 5000 m , new rear pads sorted it , I also had it remapped as it was really sluggish , very disappointed with performance . it's transformed after the remap, leaps into life with a bit of throttle

I liked those bullet hole stickers that came with a certain amount of fuel , I was never old enough

old cars didn't even have fuel filters , the jets used to get blocked in the carbs

The calipers slide on pins /rods to ensure they say central with wear, these can stick with rust and dirt

I had my i800 conk out on me after I filled up , at only 30k , it was full of water and sand like grit which I'm assuming was from the dregs of the fuel station tank

check your tyre pressures?

Whats the service life of the dsg friction plates? The torque convertor has a theoretical everlasting life

" Dual-mass flywheels were developed to address the escalation of torque and power, especially at low revs. The growing concern for the environment and the adoption of more stringent regulations have marked the development of more efficient new engines, lowering the cylinder number to 3 or even 2 cylinders, and allowing the delivery of more torque and power at low revolutions "

They'll end up with a variomatic gearbox like the old dafs. I don't opt for the dsg as I do high mileage so don't want the complexity, fault liability , maintenance, cost of purchase ,running and extra fuel consumption

all engines get some blowpast, that's why they have a breather pipe

I thought all modern diesels have them to cope with the torque

i have read them but missed that one line sorry