A rare Tdi? Surely not…

A rare Tdi? Surely not…

This is a post mainly for my North American friends. I love a quattro, so when I saw this A4 B5 (1998) 1.9TDi Quattro Avant, I picked it up. Maybe nothing special in the UK (although trying to find a replacement gearbox for it tells me they weren’t plentiful),...
Gasket inferiority complex…

Gasket inferiority complex…

All gaskets are not created equal. I’ve been battling an oil leak of the left bank of the 2.7 twin-turbo. It took me a while to track it down as there were a few oil leaks in the vicinity (one was coming from a stress crack in the valve cover itself from a...
Short and sweet…

Short and sweet…

Had time to fit a short shift kit to the Audi tonight. I changed a few things on the kit I didn’t like to make it stiffer and it’s now also harder to get the car into reverse accidentally. I was having trouble downshifting from 3rd to 2nd with confidence...