nutcasekez

Thanks Steve - sorry i haven't posted up pictures as requested mark - my Audi ownership phase ended very abruptly. I ran the car to London and had no end of problems so unfortunately now i have had to return it to the private seller (it was nowhere near in the condition he sold it as) Hopefully i will be able to replace it with another Audi, or if not - hopefully i will get one in the future!

thanks for the welcome mark, will get pics up as soon as im home from london :)

Hi, I purchased my first ever audi yesterday in the form of a 1997 Audi A3 1.8 SE. Took it on a test drive and all seemed fine and nothing untoward, no frothing at the coolant and no loss of liquid from the RAD but when i took it on a jaunt to london from home (about 200 miles) it started to smoke white smoke and upon inspection it appeared that the rad fan was not spinning so i checked the engine temp guage and it was at 60 (minimum) - any ideas why this may be, and if it is a simple/difficult, cheap/expensive issue to fix? many thanks for replies and, sorry to be on the ask for advise so soon after joining! Kieren

Hi Everyone, Im kieren, 24 from Bideford - North Devon. Just bought myself a 1997 Audi A3, after many years of loyalty to VW i figured it was time to step up the game! Im here to hopefully get some advise, and in time provide some to other users too! :)