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antbee123
18-06-2008, 11:47 PM
can any one help me. i bought a 2003 53 a3 2.0 tdi sport. got from auction it was finance repo. it had been keyed all over. so just had full respray at a cost of 1200. on my way home with my new car and its gone in to limp mode. "i think".it was driving fine then all of a suddon no power. its very very sluggish. has my turbo gone maybe ? i noticed it smokes quite a bit . and when i undo my oil cap its a bit smokey. and that was only after a 5 mile jurney. but it has been stood for two week also. and the same day it went in to limp mode it had a mot but i cant see no pipes knocked off or any thing. my heads done in cos im all out of money now and carless. its done 100k. company owened before me. what could cause it to be smokey. could it mean i bought a lemon thats been hammered . seem to drive very nice considering the smoke. it owes me 7grand up to now. starting to think i bought a shiter. heeeeeeellllllppppppppp.