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Mk5 General Area / Re: Steering lock gone? What do I need...

« Last post by slipd on August 09, 2026, 10:06:42 pm »

Ah, you got off lightly there! I ended up paying nearly double that...

My original steering lock had gone and so had the lock barrel. I needed booth replaced. My mechanic locked out the first one because he fitted it and tested it without the new barrel in it - it warns you in the instructions to be fair... he replaced it anyway. Then there were issues with the immobiliser. He had to get an auto-locksmith out for that!

Now I need to get my new key cut onto a new immobiliser fob and cut my old key onto a new blank in case I ever need to manually lock the car or glove box. It's been a right pain in the a**è 

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Steering lock gone? What do I need...

« Last post by TLondon on August 09, 2026, 09:43:16 pm »

Had this a year ago - needed a new lock barrel (kept the same key) but paid £249

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Mk5 General Area / Spare key replacement

« Last post by TLondon on August 09, 2026, 09:41:04 pm »

Does anyone know roughly how much a spare key for a mk5 with remote locking etc on there would be to be cut and programmed. I have the working original and not bothered about OEM. Been quoted 220£ by someone which seems steep. I am in Blackheath south London.

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: S3 fuel pressure dropping on hard acceleration

« Last post by GVK on August 06, 2026, 04:49:57 pm »

Semi fixed, he's put VIS hpfp internals in to raise the high pressure,  the old piston was worn on the pump - still needs a bit of work on the map we think as it hits what I think is a boost cut and momentarily cuts power.

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General Area / Re: Replacement Monza Alloys

« Last post by rdajks25 on August 05, 2026, 12:03:50 am »

Are you still looking for these?

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by rich83 on August 03, 2026, 09:43:59 pm »

Plenty of life left in that subframe.....

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / S3 fuel pressure dropping on hard acceleration

« Last post by GVK on July 29, 2026, 10:35:47 pm »

I know it's not a mk5 Golf GTI but it's a TFSI , different badge , same sh1t

Mates got a 2008 Audi S3 8P. (BHZ) It's meant to be a stage 2 car but when you log the airflow g/s and do the calculation to the bhp, it comes out about 260bhp (it should be well North of 300bhp)

It's had a fair bit of maintenance in the time he's had it - carbon clean with manifold off, injectors serviced, timing checked both ends. Fuel filter new. Cam follower bucket that drives the high pressure fuel pump was changed Intercooler was leaking out of those stupid spring clip fittings so he's fitted an aftermarket APR intercooler to fix that.

All that's been done and it's no more powerful Sad if you log 115 boost pressure, it spikes to 2300mbar and holds just about a bar. (No wonder it's showing stock power) all the way through him owning it i've wondered if it had a weak turbo actuator.

Next thing was try another map so he's been in touch with Chris at Tuning Technics in London who has sent him a few maps to try with varying differences in boost pressure etc. Chris asked him to log fuel pressure and sure enough block 230 shows the ECU demanding 120bar and when on hard accel. the actual pressure drops right down to 35bar in some cases! When it does that the lambda control tries to add fuel but it can only try to add 25% when it drops to that low pressure it hiccups and goes into limp mode momentarily.

The low pressure readings seem to stay around 5 bar. So, we are wondering if it's a high pressure fuel pump failing or the low pressure in tank pump not being able to keep up with demand. Any ideas to this rambling?

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by mk1mad on July 25, 2026, 06:10:58 pm »

Got the axle all stripped down.
Badly rusted, don’t think it would have done many more mot’s










Picking a replacement up this week, which will need stripping for powder coating.

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by mk1mad on July 25, 2026, 05:35:47 pm »

Dropped out the rear axle, it was pretty badly rusted, too far gone. I am  going to find a better  condition one .

Made up a couple of blanks to block off the brake lines, they came undone ok. Had to be careful dropping the axle.

Even though the car had had new arms I am going to fit all new super pro bushes.