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Well I set off early this morning to get up to MRC for 10am. Arrived about an hour early (damn my heavy right foot LOL) so popped for a bacon sarnie before going straight in.
Doug done a health check first before the remap and found no fault codes but a couple of other issues:
1. The timing belt is off but not enough to worry about until cambelt change time. Doug's thoughts where probably not been set with the correct tool.
2. More worryingly the boost is a little off. Thought maybe a knackered DV until I said the 710n's where in place.

Quick pressure test revealed an air leak coming from the passenger side turbo. My heart sank a little, realizing that I dont have enough cash spare for a couple of new turbos at the moment and its going to be our only transport in a couple of weeks.
Got her up on the ramp and found that it was actually a banjo bolt that had sheared off on one of the feed lines. Phew!
For such a small part it proved to be quite a pain in the rear to sort out. Sub frame off, Doug's special "bendy" spanner, a bit of ingenuity without replacing the entire feedline (another feedline was sacrificed for its banjo bolt with an angle grinder and mated up with some silicon hosing) and a couple of hours. Huge sigh of relief from my credit card LOL.
Then on with the remap and up the "rolling road"
I was a little unsure at first as nailing it in third to the redline doesn't really fit with my style of driving. I could feel a difference, smoother certainly, but I expected a little more somehow. Was still happy though, just not ecstatic
All that changed though once I got Doug out the car and on my way home....WOW!!! Its a completely different car now. Doing some overtakes and through the gears the difference was VERY clear. Sitting in fifth or sixth on the motorway and still being pushed back into the seat and watching other cars go backwards was great fun. WOT through the gears from a standing start also saw speeds beyond what I should be doing coming up much quicker. Scaring the hell out of a guy in a Range Sport was also somehow very satisfying when you sail past him while he is gunning it

Anyone considering a remap or health check at MRC...go NOW! Get booked up.
Doug's service was beyond anything I have had at a garage before at either main dealers, specialists or tuning parts places. He was all too happy to let me watch, he explained absolutely everything that he was doing, answered any questions I had and was an all-round honest guy IMO. Even the waiting area is beyond anything I have had the pleasure to sit in before. I have sat in an oily custom exhaust place for three hours with nothing but a dog-eared magazine from 1980 and a broken coffee machine for company. Doug's place was clean, hordes of recent issues of Audi Driver, tea, coffee and cold drinks on tap and plenty of other entertainment too.
Seriously will not be taking the S4 anywhere else in future (except for oil changes maybe) and will be going up for any upgrades I fancy in future.
A big thumbs up MRC are well deserving of their Audi Driver award.

Had a Health check at MRC the day I picked up my S4, after speaking to Ash318 and checking this forum I had to do it for peace of mind.
My S4 got a good result thanks to Neckarsulm replacing the DV's, TBB and F-pipe before it went in.

Whilst I was there Doug diagnosed a minor leak on S4TAN's S4 with his pressure testing kit, I didn't bother sitting in the waitingroom it was more interesting watching the meister at work.

Can't wait to get my upgrades sorted now . . .

Great write-up Bobbler - echoes many a visit to MRC - always a great day out, always learn a lot from the master, who never tires of my silly questions :bonk: and always good value for an honest, professional job

bobbler wrote:All that changed though once I got Doug out the car and on my way home....WOW!!!
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Are you suggesting the remap is somehow compromised by Doug's weight. Has he put a few pounds on then

quite the opposite Dazzer

welcome back - where you been...?

Thanks Clive. I have just been bogged down with a new contract, moving houses etc etc. It will be nice to start focusing again on the silver dream machine.

dazzer wrote: Are you suggesting the remap is somehow compromised by Doug's weight. Has he put a few pounds on then

LOL, no not at all. It just felt like I was having a driving test or something.

Anyway the results are in from the rolling road session this afternoon:
315bhp and 482Nm

Very happy with that, though I was outdone by a couple of other runners on bhp but they where a rather highly tuned Scooby P1 and a Mustang Saleen Supercharged.
Brakes are definitely the next mod though. The grooved disks are starting to feel like they are not quite enough to reign it in under hard motoring now.

Glad all is ok.
Reading Audi did the Cambelt......... Feckin Stealers!

Definitely do the brakes soon.

Youll be going through pads and discs otherwise in no time.

I just got my set few weeks ago. I wish I got them straight after the remap a year ago.

Safety first, speed second.

How can he tell the cam belt is out?

Dave

david7m wrote:How can he tell the cam belt is out?

Dave

Vag-com, it showed the difference in the separate cylinder banks. At least I think thats what it showed.

Amazing, I thought it either worked and everyone was happy, or it didn't and it took the valves and pistons out the game.....

Dave

It was on the limits of what Doug said he would do the remap at though, will have it corrected when I get the cambelt changed in a couple of months

david7m wrote:Amazing, I thought it either worked and everyone was happy, or it didn't and it took the valves and pistons out the game.....

Dave

No - I believe it's more common than you might think. Mine was the same. Idle was quite lumpy but was only apparent when belt was changed and put back together properly.