Audi A3

Since 1997 of release

Repair and car operation



Audi A3
- The maintenance instruction
   Cars of mark Audi A3/S3 - the summary
   Identification numbers of the car
   Acquisition of spare parts
   Technology of service, the tool and the workplace equipment
   Поддомкрачивание and towage
   Start of the engine from the auxiliary power supply
   Checks of readiness of the car to operation
   Automobile химикалии
   Diagnostics of malfunctions of knots and car systems
   Controls and receptions of safe operation
   Arrangement of controls and devices
   Keys, locks of a body with uniform management and the security alarm system
   Electric window raiser and rear-view mirrors
   Safety systems. Transportation of children
   Seats
   Luggage carrier
   Adjustable steering column
   Manual brake
   Automatic transmission
   The device of the acoustic help at a parking
   The lock of ignition and engine start
   Control and measuring devices. Precautionary and diagnostic systems
   The travelling computer
   Switches and switches
   Темпостат
   Screen wipers and washer
   Ventilation, heater and the conditioner of air of salon
   The podemno-sdvizhnaja panel крыши*
   Salon and luggage carrier illumination
   The salon equipment
   Luggage carrier on a roof
   Обкатка
   Features of driving of the car and auxiliary systems (ABS, EDS, ASR, ESP)
   Trailer operation
   Fuelling and emergency unlocking of a cover refuelling лючка
   Cowl
   Readjustment of headlights
   The first-aid set
   Sign on an emergency stop
   The complete set of the tool and jack
   Spare wheel
+ Current leaving and service
+ The engine
+ Systems of cooling, heating
+ The power supply system and release of the fulfilled gases
+ Engine electric equipment
+ Manual box of a gear change
+ Automatic transmission and models with a full drive
+ Coupling and power shafts
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
+ Body
+ Onboard electric equipment
+ Electroschemes

Acquisition of spare parts

THE GENERAL DATA

The important role at repair work is played by use of spare parts and the account quality materials intended for your car.

As a whole spare parts can be subdivided on two big groups:

Original spare parts. These spare parts extend through official representatives of manufacturers of cars. They always have original packing and marks of the manufacturer of the car. Quality corresponds to all requirements and is guaranteed by the manufacturer of the car. The official representative of the manufacturer of the car has in assortment all spare parts for the given car. If what or the detail is absent in a warehouse of the representative, it in short terms is delivered from the central warehouse.

Stereotyped spare parts.
Definition "stereotyped" speaks nothing about quality of spare parts. It means that they are on sale not in packing of the manufacturer of the car and extend not through the official representatives trading in cars. The basic skeleton of this group is made by the known firms manufacturers of spare parts delivering to a detail on assembly conveyors of motor-car manufacturers. As their equipment and technologies allow to make spare parts and for cars of many other manufacturers, they let out details not only for the assembly conveyor any one or several autocollectors, but also for sale in the free market. These details have packing and marks of the manufacturer spare parts. Quality does not concede to original spare parts, and the prices can be much more low, than at original (the difference can reach 50 % in favour of stereotyped). The assortment is a bit more modest, than at original spare parts. The program includes the details most running and using the greatest demand.

Many large western dealers spare parts use own packing, buying the big assortment of stereotyped spare parts in large lots is direct at manufacturers and selling them under own trade mark.

Stereotyped spare parts, as a rule, extend through free shops of spare parts, free automobile repair shops and servicing deports.

It is necessary to give special attention to quality of got spare parts. It is necessary to avoid purchase of very cheap spare parts (in comparison with original and stereotyped known firms) as frequently they do not correspond to norms of quality and safety. If decorative молдинг poor quality negatively influences only appearance of the car installation bad quality brake колодок or the oil filter can become threat for safety of passengers or cause a huge damage to the engine so expenses for repair many times over will exceed saved at purchase cheap spare parts the sum.
Therefore it is necessary to use or services of official representatives (original parts), or well proved sellers of stereotyped spare parts.

There is also a possibility of acquisition of the restored details, thus you return an old detail. It first of all concerns difficult, expensive details, such as the engine, the generator, a starter etc. sometimes offer Such possibility both official representatives, and free sellers of spare parts.

It also saves some part of your means, in most cases essentially enough. Thus the firm selling the restored unit, gives on it almost same guarantee, as well as on the new.

Identification of spare parts

The manufacturer of cars constantly improves the production, constantly bringing in a change design. Can happen so that within the limits of one series and one variant of execution of the car some knots and units can differ slightly from each other, and the spare part from one, for example, earlier variant will not approach for another. Therefore at acquisition of spare parts it is very important to give to the seller as much as possible full information on the car. The more exact data on the car, you will give, the it is less probability of an error.

Besides the standard data set, including year of release, body type, a variant of execution of a body, chassis number (number VIN), engine number etc., the seller the following data can interest:

Whether any additional equipment (for example, an additional heater, more powerful generator, the conditioner) is established on the car.

Transmission type.

Whether is available каталитический the converter?

Type of system of injection of fuel etc.

Detail installation site.

If for any reason the documents reflecting these data, no, it is recommended to consult about it at experts, for example, having called in in the firm centre.

Sometimes, buying this or that запчасть, happens it is very useful to take with itself an old detail subject to replacement for comparison.

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