Audi S3

Picked it up today! Dead pleased with it. First plans are change the Engine oil/filter, Haldex oil/filter, and also the coolant.

I am going to try very hard to not modify it in any way









The seats are soooo comfy

Shweeeeeeeet! but you could get a set of nice splits on it

noooooo don't be saying things like that please!

we need to sell some cars also. Theres only three of us in the house that drive 6 cars just in the pics.. theres another 2 about the farm

yea that would look sweet on coilies and some wheels

I'm still getting used to driving a slightly higher car, I keep going through soham and slowing down into second gear over speed humps when i could do them in 3rd

By the way anybody know much about the Haldex awd system? looking through the history the oil & filter on it has only been changed once in the past but VAG recommend every 20K.. im going to get it changed as soon as but just wondering if anyones heard of problems with the haldex caused through lack of servicing??

Oil every 20K and filter every 40K.

Only used to see ECU problems when I worked at Audi.

looks nice!but also liked the mk2!

haldex should be fine for ages mate didnt service mine for bout 60k no problems they dont do that much work its only 4wd when the front wheels loose traction witch aint that often unless u take it off road or when it snows i hope it snows again this year there so much fun in the snow on a big car park doin a bit of colin mcrea driftin motor looks sweeeeeeeeet aswell

Oh ok thats good then. I'll probs get it changed soon-ish though just for peace of mind.

and cheers

like it alot dude...fancy selling me your engine

i could do with the engine tbh mate

james. wrote:

i could do with the engine tbh mate

wouldnt know anyone selling one of them would ya?

No sorry i don't.. will let you know if i hear of anything. Any ideas why your's is knackerd? ran low on oil or...?

james. wrote:

No sorry i don't.. will let you know if i hear of anything. Any ideas why your's is knackerd? ran low on oil or...?

defect in the head apparently basically its drinking water when cold but not hot and its got very little compression so hopefully if i can track down a 180 or 225 lump ill be happy

Looks good dude! i was looking at these when i thought my merc was going to be a write-off! almost a shame it wasnt! i love these things! someone near me has a light blue one - keep thinking i made the wrong choice when i bought mine!

Ha yeah very nice cars to drive, alot different from my previous cars. Only had three so far though started off in a mk5 fiesta (still got it, just see the back of it in a pic) then went onto my mk2 golf and now this

Black could be a bad choice of colour im thinking , it gets un-believably dirty/dusty very quick. Currenty theres a CAT challenger ripping up a field next to my house and all the dust is sticking to my car like flys to fly paper

still enjoying boost ?

Yeah loving it

Not loving the mpg quite as much but i can live with it.

No. 1 cylinder coil pack blew on this today drove it from soham to newmarket and back again took it steady (was running 3 cylinders ) when i got home i took it out and it must have been arcing like crazy as all the plastic had melted down onto the plug and it was piping hot! waaaayyy hotter than it normally gets

Wasn't far off causing an engine fire i'd say

Really should of had a look at it while at work but there wasn't time and i didnt think it was too serious

bricks were shat. But guess im lucky it didnt happen coming home from cambridge or further away.

sorry to hear mate but its common. you got another ordered?

Yeah a mate of mines TT is always having them. And yep all sorted now, new plugs aswell.

what plugs did you go with ngks?

Yeah NGK platinum jobbies. They cost more than the coil pack!

yea their wayy better than bosch ones though

just out of interest, how much mpg do you get on average?just because im thinking of one for my next car.any plans for her?