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  1. Hi I've seen some posts of yours,and you seem to know your stuff on mk2 VRS Octavia immobiliser issues? I'm getting desperate fella

  2. Hi,

    I’ve recently bought an Audi Audi A3 (sorry) and it’s burning a fair bit of oil about 350 miles per litre! It has a group BSE engine.

    compressions of over 200psi on each cylinder.

    ive taken off the inlet hose 1k0 129 684 with what must be the PCV valve built in. It seems permanently open and the vac connection is also free flowing.

    there is oil in the inlet too. It has a fairly coked plug on No4 that is nearest the inlet pipe.

    could this be giving me my high oil consumption????

    if it is I will be the happiest man in Christendom.

    many thanks

    Andy

  3. It's a very common fault - the wires become brittle and break. Check your a/c is working. 2 of the 4 wires go to the a/c compressor.
  4. If they were reproducing the condition of the car going uphill IN THE WRONG GEAR, then it's not surprising it bogged down on the rolling road too.
  5. Well, I've just driven one about 15 minutes ago that the owner says has the problem. Four people in the car - steep hill start - no problem. 1st gear to around 3200 and then into 2nd. We then did another lap with the owner driving. She tried to take the hill in 3rd and bogged down. With everyone in the car shouting "change down", she finally changed into second but it was too late and she stopped. She pulled away fine in 1st but then changed to 2nd at around 2500, bogged down and declared "see, there is a problem". Lap number 2 with owner the driving and me 'instructing'. As she started to bog down, she went for more throttle. I told her to change down, which she did and we made up the hill without a problem (except that she said that the "engine was going too fast" at a little over 3000rpm). It's the driver's fault - not the car. I will say, the gear changes need to be made as soon as the car starts to bog down and this is at a higher than expected rpm.
  6. It's not the EGR valve (N18) - it's the anti-shudder valve (N239).
  7. The updates will continue until 2019. Windows XP embedded and PC systems that are POS Ready will continue to get updates. Given that there are many 3rd party POS solutions and the only requirement for third parties is to set the HKLM\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady\Installed value is a '1', Micro$oft has no way of stopping the updates. When it wanted to expand its POS business in 2009, it agreed to give the same support (10 years) to rival (Non POS2009) vendors to avoid any potential anti-trust action.
  8. +1If you are using WSUS and make the change, the XP machine will download server 2003 updates and install them.
  9. Scotland is not the birthplace of the telephone. It was 'born' in the US. Bell left Scotland in his early 20s and never looked back. He became a Canadian citizen and later, an American Citizen. He wasn't a British (or Scottish) when the telephone was invented
  10. You really need to take it off. It lets you clamp it in position with Tigerseal between the vent and the arch. Ignore any that oozes out. It's easy to trim off with a sharp knife. When it dries, run a thick bead around the back to be sure.
  11. There's a trip average and a long term average (that doesn't reset each trip). If you're using the latter, did you reset it?
  12. Not a bad price and well worth it. When you get it, you'll notice just how much flow it allows compared to the diy store vents. Tigerseal is best for securing the vent. If you look at the picture in Bowder1 post (or in mine http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/192532-intercooler-mods/#entry2300875 ) you will notice that the surround isn't cut square. This can't be avoided to to the shape off the TT arch. Also, note the position.
  13. Here's my effort http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/192532-intercooler-mods/#entry2300875
  14. I would suspect the waterpump is on the way out and the noise you can hear is 'kettling' (water boiling in the head).
  15. Check G62 against G2. Are they the same? A failed sensor doesn't always go negative.
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