Martynas

Hey guys, decided to keep you updated about this issue, just today timing belt was replaced also alternator belt, water pump, tensioner and alternator clutch, problem seems to be solved, it looks like it was either alternator clutch but my tensioneer was also completely gone :) Once more i would like to thank you guys for all your help!

Hi Trevor, thanks for your reply, ive checked the earth also and its everything bang on and for no reason one of the lights started working now but other one still not working, this is doing my head :D

Hi guys, have this very anoying problem with my a3, i noticed that my number plate lights wasnt working so i bought a set of new ones, fitted and nothing, i thought maybe its the contacts so cleaned them and still nothing, so i measures the power on them contacts and also connector under the trim and its 0.73 instead of 12, any idea what the hell is that and how to fix this problem?

Thank you for your tip Gareth, ive just placed an order on full timing belt kit made by conti tech, so ill replace water pump, timing belt, tensioners, pulleys, alternator cluch, alternator tensioneer, and also belt :) will doo all the side of the engine and well see what will happen :)

Perfect, thank you for the answer, ive checked that timing belt was actually done 20k ago but i have a feeling that whoever owned the car befor me didnt invest much money in it so what ill do is just change timing and water pump and tensioner and pulley and see what happens :) id say that should do the trick, ill keep you posted when the job will be done :)

Could anyone please thell me what sort of problem i have here, my engine noise is a bit strange on a cold start but only for about 50-70 seconds and after that it disapears untill next morning :) sounds like some metal is touching something :) Link to video with engine noise here Engine is 1.6 petrol, car is from 2007 ;)