CurtisRider

That is probably your problem then Get the stick welder out, it'll be fine

Ha, I wish that was the reason!

I may be able to do any day after all... potentially handing in my notice soon

Well it certainly wasn't me

Pfft even my 30 year old porsche has headlight washers, badass

I can only come if the weekday is during my half term, can't take days off unfortunately

Exhaust manifold gaskets have been done, intake manifold hasn't been touched but there is no change in RPM when spraying carb cleaner around any joints in the intake system. Mixture was checked not long after I did the swap and was spot on apparently

In all fairness to dan, non matching HIDs are actually noticeable when driving and its off putting.

Fuel pump is a few months old and gets to the correct pressure on the gauge, in tank pump is working too. Bugging you? It's more annoying for me... currently emailing companies to have the warm up regulator rebuilt, seems that fudges everything up if it's not right. Cheers for your help so far though, more useful than people in the owners club...

Yup moves perfectly, already swapped it with a spare just to be sure. No vac leaks detected, most boots and hoses are new/been swapped with good spares with no difference made

Injectors made no difference

Injectors arrived cars soaked inside as it hasn't been under the car port so it's currently got a fan heater inside to dry it out :$ fingers crossed they solve some issues...or at least help

Really? I swear it was you that recommended it a while back!

You might be lucky, if not get in contact with a proper paint place, they can scan your old spoiler and give you an exact match

Hopefully it actually matches... none of the stuff I have had done by them has been even close

Yeah I can see where you may be coming from... perhaps buying a new clutch might be a good idea

Could try and go directly to the manufacturer? Also remember people hardly leave positive feedback, just negative so it may not totally reflect them (remember some people are mongs ) and they may be alright

Borrow/buy an EZ bleed, it'll take a few mins and away you go did you spray any WD40 style stuff on the bleed nipples before you left?

That is nothing special for the price and the 2.5 would get boring unless you aren't after anything quick

Found a dirty great big screw through my rear tyre yesterday, not in a repairable area either Fortunately I have some new spares but this still had 6mm left.

Good stuff Adam

It does do very short journeys, spends mucho time in traffic too. I'll go for a spirited drive later

To be honest I don't know, I only noticed as I took it for an MOT and thought it was strange the condensation hadn't finished migrating out of the exhuast. I rarely ever drive the car, my girlfriend uses it mostly.

I always thought a headgasket failure would lead to mayo, i'm probably wrong though and certainly not ruling it out. Turbo oil seals are likely to have gone, some people claim that can cause white smoke but i'm not entirely sure that's right

White smoke at idle, coolant being lost very slowly, no mayo on filler cap. Whats going on with my A3 1.8T?