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I had the 18 CM prets and buckled them so often I made a jig to straighten them on the lathe at work,
The 19 Brescia (Clubsport wheels) are much much stronger
These MQB platform cars really eat batteries if stood unused for a relatively short period of time ( like stood on a forecourt for sale for a month or two ) , my guess is the battery fully discharged and when you bought it they just gave it a good charge but unfortunately the smart charging on...
OBD Eleven has the ability to access the SFD ( locked diagnostics ) in all new VAG products,
It's only there as technically you could be driving down the road and someone could hack your car and do silly things like turn off the power steering or fire the ABS etc, so it more a safety feature...
My memory isn't that good it years since I had a Clio,
Get some string and run it around your desired route, cut it so the ends just meet and thats the length you want,
So if the string is 900mm you want a 6pk900 or 965mm a 6pk965 etc
@New2RS
Post number 63
https://cliosport.net/threads/ph1-172-track-car-next-year-i-go-racing-hopefully.733789/page-2
You'll have to run a 172 cup alternator and brackets
From what I know the owners are a very wealthy local family and set it up as a place where their mates with nice cars can come for meet up and pass it off as a business to the wives.
Manual, I'm gutted as the guy was spot on and it really is just bad luck.
Not to knock the guy but he was used to an auto and he did continually set off in 2nd/3rd from junctions on the test drive but still i feel guilty AF, poor b*****d.
They're made by Bahco, they're about half price without snap on branding on
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293553212370?epid=23012040387&hash=item4459228bd2:g:fO4AAOSwBC1fjyg9
All 172s with air con and every 182 alternator will fit, they're all the 110 amp version
only one that won't is the 172 Cup as that was 75 amp and had different mounting points.
Snap on look better for longer because the people who buy it are usually the ones in the workshop that polish everything before it goes back in the box and only get 4 hours work done in a 10 hour day,
where I work anyway
Yeah you'll hear it rattling on idle from the gearbox end, the engines can sound a bit rattily from the timing belt end and is just the characteristic of the engine
EA288 Tdi engine, really good engine overall,
Some issues with low pressure egr coolers blocking up which cause a DPF efficiency code they also fracture and leak coolant internally into the exhaust,
on the traverse engines they're easy to replace but on the longitudinal engine in the A4, A6...