James_d
Member
Hi All,
My name is James and I've recently purchased a 2004 1.6FSI A2 (108k miles)
I've joined this forum as I would like to learn more and have a few issues, some of which I've rectified:
First issue which was the most alarming; on driving the car home from collecting the oil pressure symbol was flashing along with a beeping sound, was nearly home and couldn't easily stop so decided to keep driving as engine sounded normal to me, anyway on inspection the oil level was normal so I decided the replace the oil pressure switch on the head (looks like a low pressure one 0.5 bar?) this luckily has cured that problem, I'm guessing there must be a high pressure switch somewhere?
Car ran quite poorly so decided to change all the filters plus oil and spark plugs (I'm using Bosch 4 electrode plugs as these seem to be OE normally go for Iridiums)- 2 of the plugs had unscrewed themselves a little and none of them were in great condition, I've filled the car with 99RON E5 super unleaded and it runs much better but there's still some hunting at idle speed once warm.
On scanning the car there is a fault P0404 which is EGR range/performance, on closer inspection I've noticed the pipe from the exhaust manifold to the EGR valve has been deleted and blanked both ends, the plate on the EGR end is totally flat so I believe its stopping the butterfly valve from turning and causing the fault, having trouble finding an replacement pipe as it seems only engine code BAD uses it and all others are different.
had a water leak from the expansion tank cap but this was easily fixed with a new cap, there's also evidence of leaks from the metal pipes going to the throttle body and a Y pipe near there, I'm probably going to delete the pipe going to the throttle body as pipe seems unobtainable.
The latch that holds the front grill closed is broken so it can fall open/ be opened- second hands grills seen to start at £100
Water pump is noisy- its booked in Thursday for cambelt/water pump/aux belt as last cambelt was fitted in 2009! although to be fair belt doesn't look too bad
Parcel shelf is missing- looking for parts
Engine under tray is missing- looking for parts
Really happy with the car and am impressed with its performance (I've had a BMW 320i for 2 years that I've just sold) going from BMW its nice to look under a car and it not be rusty
My car also has an A2OC detail on the back so most likely previous owner was on here
Any input on the above items would be appreciated
James
My name is James and I've recently purchased a 2004 1.6FSI A2 (108k miles)
I've joined this forum as I would like to learn more and have a few issues, some of which I've rectified:
First issue which was the most alarming; on driving the car home from collecting the oil pressure symbol was flashing along with a beeping sound, was nearly home and couldn't easily stop so decided to keep driving as engine sounded normal to me, anyway on inspection the oil level was normal so I decided the replace the oil pressure switch on the head (looks like a low pressure one 0.5 bar?) this luckily has cured that problem, I'm guessing there must be a high pressure switch somewhere?
Car ran quite poorly so decided to change all the filters plus oil and spark plugs (I'm using Bosch 4 electrode plugs as these seem to be OE normally go for Iridiums)- 2 of the plugs had unscrewed themselves a little and none of them were in great condition, I've filled the car with 99RON E5 super unleaded and it runs much better but there's still some hunting at idle speed once warm.
On scanning the car there is a fault P0404 which is EGR range/performance, on closer inspection I've noticed the pipe from the exhaust manifold to the EGR valve has been deleted and blanked both ends, the plate on the EGR end is totally flat so I believe its stopping the butterfly valve from turning and causing the fault, having trouble finding an replacement pipe as it seems only engine code BAD uses it and all others are different.
had a water leak from the expansion tank cap but this was easily fixed with a new cap, there's also evidence of leaks from the metal pipes going to the throttle body and a Y pipe near there, I'm probably going to delete the pipe going to the throttle body as pipe seems unobtainable.
The latch that holds the front grill closed is broken so it can fall open/ be opened- second hands grills seen to start at £100
Water pump is noisy- its booked in Thursday for cambelt/water pump/aux belt as last cambelt was fitted in 2009! although to be fair belt doesn't look too bad
Parcel shelf is missing- looking for parts
Engine under tray is missing- looking for parts
Really happy with the car and am impressed with its performance (I've had a BMW 320i for 2 years that I've just sold) going from BMW its nice to look under a car and it not be rusty
My car also has an A2OC detail on the back so most likely previous owner was on here
Any input on the above items would be appreciated
James