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Lifted Cayenne joins lowered A7 :)

Magnaflow insists their cat back fits only 2016 Audi A6/A7 cars, but clearly does not (wrong tips on facelifted cars). It fits the 2014/15 cars perfectly. I don't know how many conversations I had with them, including pointing out that the car in their own install instructions is in fact a...

Stage 2 tune on it's way (well the tunezilla at least) to go with the Buzzken setup. I would have loved to go rocketchip, but I'm 99.9% sure I'll need to revert to stock annually. Having the tunezilla seems the easiest way to do that. I still have a few thousand miles of warranty left but I...

14 A7 Prestige - ZF 8 speed auto, S-Line, sport suspension, heated F/R seats (fronts w/ AC), LED lighting, 4 zone climate control, Night Vision, HUD, Adaptive Cruse, Lane departure system, cold weather package, F/R cameras, Ambient lighting and heated steering wheel. Everything but massage...

Running a buddy home Saturday while working on his car - DPF malfunction light came on. Still under warranty so wasn't really worried but less than 2 miles later it went off. I've put over 150 since without a code. I have to scan it and check the soot load - maybe run a regen. Seems odd to...

I picked up a 14 A7 TDI last week and drove it home about 2 hours (fortunately Mexico is between Connecticut and NY ;)) 80-85 the whole trip home. The next day while doing in town errands, the CEL popped on. P17561 NOx Sensor 2 Bank1 1 P229F 00 [237] Implausible Signal. Freeze frame shows 0...

I'm putting together 2 broken 02J transmissions - same EUH code. One from my 04 Jetta (diff let go) and one from a 05 Golf TDI (5th gear stripped). I figured while I had it apart, I'd upgrade the rivets in the diff to ARP since a rivet that broke it what trashed my trans. I knew there were 2...

First - I torque every single lug that I touch with a good torque wrench. All lugs snugged by hand, then torqued to spec (90ft-lbs) with the torque wrench in a star pattern, followed up with a full circle. I've never - ever had lugs come loose until this car (my 30th VW). Twice now the left...

Almost titled this "the tale of two limping unicorns" I have two nearly identical cars with the same problem (overboosting). Both pass MAF, N75 tests, vacuum tests and VNT start/stop pressures (one is a little slow to move at first, but returns quickly). Both will overboost at higher RPMs...

The first time I drove my new-to-me 03 wagon at night I noticed that the temp and fuel level needles are not illuminated. Everything else on the cluster works fine. I searched here and general googling for cluster light problems but really only found a how-to on upgrading to custom LEDs. That...

04 Jetta, 224k miles. I'm the second owner, purchased at 36k or so. I do not believe I've ever needed to recharge the system, but I have replaced the clutch coil by itself once and the whole pulley/coil assembly when the bearing failed and toasted the coil. Both fans were new last year and...

Little background - stock struts/shocks replaced at 100k with Bilstein TCs with original springs. Those were replaced at 200k with Bilstein TC Sport Strut/Shocks and a set of Jetta 1.8T springs (not GLI). Handled great but it rode too high for me (should have left it this way probably) so I...

19's off, 16s w/ nokian hakkapeliitta r2 in 215/60-16 mounted on '12 Tiguan wheels on for the winter. What a weird feeling taking turns... (Passat 17's are on the Tiguan) Also installed the tdiheater I bought in the spring. Much easier to install than the '12 Golf I did recently (but much...

UPDATE - think I have everything I need for now - finally found the fender last weekend so I'm good to go! I'm looking for a couple of parts for four MKIV cars I have, and would prefer to pick up locally if possible: Reflex silver drivers side fender for an 03 Jetta (OE paint preferred to...

I honestly forgot at first that the BEW with it's double sided grooved pulley still uses a smooth tensioner pulley but you can see why: The AC compressor pulley bearing seized and overheated. The hot belt melted grooves in the pulley before breaking (threads are like screw threads so I'm sure...

My Passat has been trouble free for almost 28k miles. One warranty claim when new for a missing sun visor clip until this week... On Wednesday, I drove into work using the AC (humid morning). I got in the car in the afternoon in the mid 90s and had hot air blowing at me. The only thing I did...

03 Jetta wagon, 5sp, silver w/ cloth interior. 302k miles. Motor rebuilt by VW at 105k when the timing belt broke (new head and a couple of pistons). I did the timing belt for the owner at ~185 and again at ~270k (he got scared after the breakage). Car had some issues throughout that whole...

in a Passat: I thought there was a way to embed videos.... https://youtu.be/cAON1pnMtvs

My tandem pump has been seeping for quite a few years - just not enough for me to fork over $350 or so... I had one small hose get soft a year or so ago from fuel dripping on it (relocated), but otherwise it's been trouble free. Unfortunately, it's now stated making a mess of the driveway. I...

Flashing gp, just flat out died :( got it restarted and made it another 5 miles. then another half a mile to coast over the bridge :) p0727 code on scan gauge. google says crank position sensor. buddy with AAA coming to get me a tow home. figured I'd post while I was sitting on the side of the...