Dales85

On 3/26/2022 at 8:26 PM, Stevey Y said:

Hi Delphi pads are good as they are fitted to Vauxhall,Citroen,Peugeot, and practically every model in the U.S. and without going into the same information again they will be either E11 or E90 marked which means they have to pass stringent tests to obtain the rating to be sold as aftermarket or in the case of Delphi as O.E. equivalent, despite the overwhelming evidence as to the quality of these parts there are those who would rather spend a lot more on a box that has been badge engineered with the same pad inside, pushing home the point TMG Friction own most of the brake manufacturers in Europe and having used most brands of brakes during 950000 miles as a cabbie I can assure you Delphi pads are good as gold based on the fact that I used them on my last cab and they pulled up a ton and quarter 2.2 Titanium X sport estate pretty damn quick from over a ton, [Did I say that], its impossible to buy cr@p brake pads then days even Apec have had to up their game with the advent of E11/E90, Google it as if your fixing cars it makes fascinating reading.

Steve.

Hi steve i do have a look online mate and being a mechanic and fixings cars im intouch. Just ive never rrally used the brand. Ive heard of the brand just never used them. Its the usual suspects thats normally come up mate. But thanks for the reply mate 🙂

Hi all hope we are all doing well. Havent posted in ages. Got a customer on a tight budget and sadly on front brakes which i normally hate but hey ho. Wondering if the delphi pads are any good on the a4 or if anyone had some experience with them. Ideally id get a good brand myself as its your brakes and not to scrimp on stopping. But trying to do the best i can for the customer any feedback be great.😊

Yea i heard the longlife 3 is the oil to use audi said this too. An yea im kind lf lucky with the castrol with work see so i do use as many of their products as possible

Hi mate it was more of a pole if anything. I got castrol as a sponsor with work so i use their brands. Was just checking to see what everyone uses ect.

Hey all hope were all good this time of year. Christmas is nearly here, i wonder what santa will bring :-). Just curious to see who uses what oil and what types in the pd series engines. And ehat ones you think are best choice. 

Hi all just a update new tps came yday. I fitted it and problem solved now. I cleaned all the plugs and wirring looms plus terminals from ecu cover to dash board side with electric contact cleaner and job done. Also the culprit was a ecu tray full of water last year which i drined out and solved by drilling holes in the bottom of it. Also all my plenum chamber drainage holes were blocked and full of crap causing water to come in and wetting the carpets ect. So defo do this even if you havent got problems ok itl save you in the long run. 🙂 big shoutout to Steve on this forum hes been a great help with advice and great communication 😊 all the best

30 minutes ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi Dale if you follow the pipe for the EGR the throttle body will be just below where the pipe goes into the manifold, the throttle body has a wiring connector on it, just be careful when cleaning  as the drive gears are plastic and the teeth are easily damaged they do an upgraded refurb kit for them so it might be worth looking in the control/gearbox to see what yours are like.

Steve.

Ok cheers steve il follow this up and the advice. After all i did ask for this 😊 the tps is on its way too. Il see what this throttle body looks like tomorrow and strip it down to see 

4 minutes ago, Stagn8 said:

Got me confused here Steve, why does a diesel need a throttle body? Surely throttle control is done directly via the ecu and injectors. The position sensor on the accelerator send its position to the ecu and the ecu increases or decreases fuel accordingly. 

Thats exactly what i was thinking i thought diesels are more or less controled via injectors more fuel less fuel sort of thing.

5 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi thats why I suggested you get the number off of your old part, the petrol version will have the same plug but the wires may be a different con figuration  to the diesel and still use six pins, they should be able to match the part from your registration/VIN but another thought has occurred to me is the throttle body clogged up with carbon as that would cause a code for the TPS my daughters car showed the same code but on closer inspection it turned out to be the throttle body as it was covered inside with carbon and was having trouble moving the butterfly so I changed it did a readapting of the new valve scrubbed the code and its all good.

Steve. 

Steve just saying you know its a diesel i got rite... They havent got a throttle body have they?? Also i havent got a egr valve as its been deleted with remap

5 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi thats why I suggested you get the number off of your old part, the petrol version will have the same plug but the wires may be a different con figuration  to the diesel and still use six pins, they should be able to match the part from your registration/VIN but another thought has occurred to me is the throttle body clogged up with carbon as that would cause a code for the TPS my daughters car showed the same code but on closer inspection it turned out to be the throttle body as it was covered inside with carbon and was having trouble moving the butterfly so I changed it did a readapting of the new valve scrubbed the code and its all good.

Steve. 

Genius mate i didnt think of the throttle body be worth a shot tomoz. The egr was nackered when i done a delete and had the car remaped earlier last year. Im gona order the tps tomorrow ive found one with the correct number. And il strip the throttle body down tomoz and use some egr cleaner on it after inspecting. Cheers steve mate thanks a bunch with the advice appreciate it. Will get get when throttle body is done maybe some pics. Also when the tps comes. Now to find the location of the throttle body. 🙂

1 hour ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi thats why I suggested you get the number off of your old part, the petrol version will have the same plug but the wires may be a different con figuration  to the diesel and still use six pins, they should be able to match the part from your registration/VIN but another thought has occurred to me is the throttle body clogged up with carbon as that would cause a code for the TPS my daughters car showed the same code but on closer inspection it turned out to be the throttle body as it was covered inside with carbon and was having trouble moving the butterfly so I changed it did a readapting of the new valve scrubbed the code and its all good.

Steve. 

Genius mate i didnt think of the throttle body be worth a shot tomoz. The egr was nackered when i done a delete and had the car remaped earlier last year. Im gona order the tps tomorrow ive found one with the correct number. And il strip the throttle body down tomoz and use some egr cleaner on it after inspecting. Cheers steve mate thanks a bunch with the advice appreciate it. Will get get when throttle body is done maybe some pics. Also when the tps comes. Now to find the location of the throttle body. 🙂

This sounds like what happend to mine a while back have you got a engine management or warning light on dash??? The problem i had which was exactly the same was 1st time one of the vacum lines from the turbo went. (Replaced with silicone ones) and second and this was a hard one coz of where it was. I had a tiny rip in the hose from egr delete but underneath on the bottom of the pipe. It was very difficult to see and spot infact took me 3 times to actually find it mate. Worth a go if youve done all that work already. Has any fault codes came up?

18 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi the TPS sensor is attached to the pedal, a bit fiddly to remove but once off go buy another with the same part number as your old unit, diesel TPS are different from petrol as the wiring connector is the same but the wires are pinned in a different sequence.

Steve.

Hi steve the wirring i havent changed on my car mind its the same one. And looking at both the throttle pedals they just look like 6 pin connections which look identical mate.

Yea ive tried a petrol one but it didnt work suppose a il have to get a diesel one. Ive seen the hella ones on eBay. I may phone around spares and see if i can get a second hand one to save some money. Do you know if theres different types of tps on diesel models reason i ask if i phoned and said what year the car is being a b6 body would the diesels all be the same?

Just now, Dales85 said:

Mine done this exactly the same mime was the relay in the ecu box i cant remember the number maybe 219 soon as checked that it worked. But i sprayed in the box some wd40 contact cleaner first then fitted new relay. 🙂

Also i drilled out holes in the bottoms of my ecu box and that took care of the water in there.

Mine done this exactly the same mime was the relay in the ecu box i cant remember the number maybe 219 soon as checked that it worked. But i sprayed in the box some wd40 contact cleaner first then fitted new relay. 🙂

Hi all bear with me im new on here. So not sure if this has already been talked about. I have a problem with my a4 b6 1.9tdi theres a warning light on and flashing coil light on dash. Snap on has brought up throttle position sensor short i think it said. Il have to get the code. But theres no throttle as you could imagine. Idles at about 1150revs in limp mode. I did have water issues about a year ago with ecu box the bottom was full of water. Ive eliminated that with holes at bottom of box draining water. Then theres the floor gets wet in the car when rains. Ive also sorted that by cleaning all the crap under battery and brake servo and geting rid of the gromets. I cleaned all the wirring out with wd40 contact cleaner and to be honest the only thing that looked bad was the fan relay which i cleaned up but will replace. I bought a second had throttle pedal but came back as a petrol one which i didnt think mattered. When i start the car it seems fine soon as i press the throttle the revs drop and then goes into safe mode i guess.