After having (foolishly perhaps) bought my friends 144,000 mile a2 after he left for university, this video has been a godsend, it is now hour 2 of trying to remove the sump plug, but most of the other stuff has been done, so from a fellow Scot, Thank You Mr Gartshore, you have given me hope, though it's waning fast 😂
Hy. The grease on the thread of the spark plugs is copper grease. The base of the spark plugs is in steel, the body of the cylinder head is in aluminium, this to avoid that the spark plugs stick to the cylinder head. Excellent video by the way.
Heavy stuff! Very dramatic. At least in comparison to the Matthew Passion... But I guess you knew that already! I remember studying ALL of Bach's music (yep - ALL of it!!!) at Uni... As a student conductor we spent YEARS learning all the recitatives by memory... I think I'm over it now and can listen to the music again without breaking out in a cold sweat! After that I learned Fauré and Duruflé Requiem by memory - MUCH better. I can still conduct them from memory today - 25 years later! New organ videos coming again very soon by the way!!! Corona has been pi**ing us all off over the past few weeks making it difficult to get to instruments!
Love your videos.....it's so refreshing watching someone working on their own car without using any expletives 😂😂....and that's coming from a mechanic. Keep up the great work Fraser
I always considered buying an A2, but in the end I got an A6 with the multitronic transmission, your video was very helpful for changing the oil myself. I was too cheap to buy the manual pump so I made one out of a garden sprayer and bits of hose. Your videos are very well put together and clear.
Does your car have no underbody protection? My 1.4 AUA doesnt have one and i have the code 1SA in the service manual. I wonder if thats the reason for the missingunderbody protection....?
I just have my license for about month and my parents let me borrow and drive audi a2 1.4 TDI and I gotta say its a very good car, very happy to drive it.
Absolutely brilliant I have an Audi A2 1.6 FSI.... brilliant car cannot fault it was an Astra man for many many years had a very unusual cam safe car from Astra which was why I was such an Astra man.... picked up my Audi A2 for a very reasonable price and the only problem with Audi at this point in time is the fact of you cannot buy headlights for it anymore unless you go through a breakers yard and also that every time you ring up Audi they constantly want you to come in for the check that covers your filters and your oil.... so any problems with changing your clock or understanding your dashboard lol give a message to you🤣👍 have my first oil issue hence the reason why I have watched you and will be taking away a lot of your tips I can definitely say your bookmarked for the next time that I work on her... thank you very much for doing this video I know you've helped more people than you know.... wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2023🎅🌲👍😁
@@wossisname4540 consulted with them with regards to coolant leak show me exactly where the situation was on paperwork that was printed then proceeded to say this is what you need and ripped the photocopied paperwork up in front of my face and said I hope you get it sorted but we can't help you anymore.... had all the part numbers on the paperwork.... won't be going back to that dealership anytime soon
I understand what you say about not filling up the oil filter, but o like to put a smear of oil on the rubber seal to make sure it provides a good tight seal against the engine.
Whenever I fit a new oil filter, I do it up hand tight only. But it's always a complete sod to try and get off! They usually have no means of using a tool of any sort either, so it's just slippery hands and a lot of swearing. Or else it's stabbing it with a screwdriver and turning that. My wife has a 2005 A6 cabrio and I've spent many happy hours repairing it after a snapped cam belt. Cheers!
Hi Fraser, I like your posts a lot! Yesterday I bought my very first A2. It’s an 2000 model with 155000km and all the regular Audi services registered. I will encounter some (hopefully minor) challenges with the car, so will follow you! Also I heard you want to spend time on how to clean it properly. Thanks and good luck.
Co-incidentally, we changed the oil and filter on my TD4 this afternoon - used a pump to remove the old oil via the dipstick orifice which saves all that messing about with the underpan. Did you assume that the new plugs had the correct gap straight out of the box?
@@dukeofhuzza I think that most modern engines use a fairly standard setting but the older Rover engines were different, and when you have 8 plugs to check ...
Back in the 90s I had a Jag V12 for a while and decided one day to do a spot of servicing... those were the days before I had a garage to work in - this was on the street in Edinburgh! I gave up after a couple of hours, much swearing and shouting and a few bruised/cut fingers... I was going to do the plugs and check the valves... how naive! These days is love to get one of them again - I now have the patience, tools and space... we shall see!
I'm seriously thinking to buy this as a daily driver, as I want to sell my fully loaded VW CC. Do you think its a good idea, do you think i will survive with such old car without any asistents, DSG and 4x4? My plan is to have this as a daily driver for the shopping and such and saving the rest of the money for some fun GT car however as I cant decide what to buy, the play is to buy the cheap A2, sell the CC and find out what I would actually want.
So far i have found few one with expired TUVlMOT - don't want that and one for 1200euro with hardtop, klimatronic, 4 seats, and missing the storage door on the dash. I have also seem many with not aligned bonnet with the wings, lights is that normal as people don't know how to fit the bonnet or are so many crashed?
I just love this car! I think they are so underrated and more and more people are starting to notice them! I have one question though... I noticed that my engine is hanging on one side... Its not 100% level... I also have some rubbing noise while driving so I was wondering if that is normal for the 1.4 petrol or it should be straight like every other engine. Might be bad engine mount... thx for the answer and great video! Cheers
Nice to see you on the screen i like you humor (sorry but my english) and I wounder if the servicefirm had change the cabinfilter at all the lasted services?
Just killing some time before your live stream organ concert, (13/02/2022) and looking at some of your videos, music and the car ones. Just wondering who the little Bagpus on the shelf belongs to?
Fraser - my Dad taught me to do exactly what you demo'd today - OK - 40 odd years ago..but he always checked the new spark plug electrode with a feeler gauge before fitting..is it safe to assume the modern plug's gap is usually correct?
I have an Audi A2 and the DEF warning comes on, however I can see nowhere to refill the Exhaust Fluid? Does this car actually have it? I have been reading alot about Adblue?
I'm looking at buying an a2 so this was useful, however when you started the car it sounded a little 'tappety', a definate little rattle. Is that normal?
Hi Paul - all 1.4VW engines will sound tappety on a cold start. As long as that stops as the engine warms up a bit, you should be ok... Regular oil changes are the key. Eventually the tappets may stick, but replacing them is easy peasy and doesn't cost the earth. There are stories of failures out there, but you'll find that with any engine... A2's are a lot of fun and are, believe it or not, going up in value already. Get a good one (soon!) and look after it! If you go for a 1.6 FSI just make sure you put premium fuel in it - they don't like regular unleaded and will start coking up. Get a low-mileage diesel and (if you're allowed to drive it in all areas!) you'll save and save and save. The 1.4 petrol (like I have) is economical enough - we're averaging about 48mpg (UK). Can't argue with that! Any relation to Andy Leggett in Bristol?
Question about oil use. Do You need to refill oil in ~10.000km interval, or how much need to refill? Some of A2 users tell that this engine use/burn quite a lot of oil.
Mine has 295.000km. On 287.000 I did rebuild engine because of used pistons(they had noise nothing else). But nether before nether now the level of oil don’t drop a bit from service to service(15.000km)
I had no idea these engines still used conventional plug cables! Just goes to show the A2 still looks modern, even though it's an old car. Can I just say though that is one of the most stupid oil filter placement ever? I would be swearing so much working on that car, I would have to go to the priest afterwards.
Great video, just ease off with over exaggerated facial expressions, mouth sounds and relax your forehead. You’re going to have heavy wrinkles. Other than that well done.
Maybe Lukas runs a facial relaxation agency and is looking for punters… sorry Lukas, but I was never Data from Star Trek and never will be. It’s the only face I have and it’s there to stay - wrinkles and all!
Я в конце прошлого года купил жене тоже А2, но 1.2 дизель. Очень приятная машина, и главное расход в городе радует. Пробег 228000. Живу в Киеве.
After having (foolishly perhaps) bought my friends 144,000 mile a2 after he left for university, this video has been a godsend, it is now hour 2 of trying to remove the sump plug, but most of the other stuff has been done, so from a fellow Scot, Thank You Mr Gartshore, you have given me hope, though it's waning fast 😂
I am totally a believer of the short services. Oil is cheap, engines are expensive.
I have an A2 1.4TDi and love it!2004 model.Great job mate,and very well put together video.Very informative.Five stars from me!
Hy. The grease on the thread of the spark plugs is copper grease. The base of the spark plugs is in steel, the body of the cylinder head is in aluminium, this to avoid that the spark plugs stick to the cylinder head. Excellent video by the way.
Another video, thats great after analyze the "Wer hat dich so geschlagen" of St. John passion (my music homework) :)
Heavy stuff! Very dramatic. At least in comparison to the Matthew Passion... But I guess you knew that already! I remember studying ALL of Bach's music (yep - ALL of it!!!) at Uni... As a student conductor we spent YEARS learning all the recitatives by memory... I think I'm over it now and can listen to the music again without breaking out in a cold sweat! After that I learned Fauré and Duruflé Requiem by memory - MUCH better. I can still conduct them from memory today - 25 years later!
New organ videos coming again very soon by the way!!! Corona has been pi**ing us all off over the past few weeks making it difficult to get to instruments!
Love your videos.....it's so refreshing watching someone working on their own car without using any expletives 😂😂....and that's coming from a mechanic. Keep up the great work Fraser
You should see the outtakes!
@@dukeofhuzza Maybe a future video 😂
I always considered buying an A2, but in the end I got an A6 with the multitronic transmission, your video was very helpful for changing the oil myself. I was too cheap to buy the manual pump so I made one out of a garden sprayer and bits of hose. Your videos are very well put together and clear.
This is a fantastic video pal....to the point and loving those rolled R's. Top job.
You can still use the LL oil for the fix interval. The VW504 LL oil is actually a better oil compared to the vw 502 spec oil in every single way.
Very good video, the only criticism I have is, you left the oil cap off when you used the air line to blow the spark plug tubes out.
Does your car have no underbody protection? My 1.4 AUA doesnt have one and i have the code 1SA in the service manual. I wonder if thats the reason for the missingunderbody protection....?
An easier way to access the oil filter is to remove the lower grill that just unclips. Then you can see & reach the filter.
I just have my license for about month and my parents let me borrow and drive audi a2 1.4 TDI and I gotta say its a very good car, very happy to drive it.
Congratulations on getting your license! Stay safe out there!
Absolutely brilliant I have an Audi A2 1.6 FSI.... brilliant car cannot fault it was an Astra man for many many years had a very unusual cam safe car from Astra which was why I was such an Astra man.... picked up my Audi A2 for a very reasonable price and the only problem with Audi at this point in time is the fact of you cannot buy headlights for it anymore unless you go through a breakers yard and also that every time you ring up Audi they constantly want you to come in for the check that covers your filters and your oil.... so any problems with changing your clock or understanding your dashboard lol give a message to you🤣👍 have my first oil issue hence the reason why I have watched you and will be taking away a lot of your tips I can definitely say your bookmarked for the next time that I work on her... thank you very much for doing this video I know you've helped more people than you know.... wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2023🎅🌲👍😁
Audi have no interest in the A2 and they don't seem to care if you get that impression!
@@wossisname4540 consulted with them with regards to coolant leak show me exactly where the situation was on paperwork that was printed then proceeded to say this is what you need and ripped the photocopied paperwork up in front of my face and said I hope you get it sorted but we can't help you anymore.... had all the part numbers on the paperwork.... won't be going back to that dealership anytime soon
I understand what you say about not filling up the oil filter, but o like to put a smear of oil on the rubber seal to make sure it provides a good tight seal against the engine.
Hope you'll do the fuelfilter and make a video about it. I need to do it also in my A2 and could use an instructievideo.
Nice video!
Whenever I fit a new oil filter, I do it up hand tight only. But it's always a complete sod to try and get off! They usually have no means of using a tool of any sort either, so it's just slippery hands and a lot of swearing. Or else it's stabbing it with a screwdriver and turning that.
My wife has a 2005 A6 cabrio and I've spent many happy hours repairing it after a snapped cam belt. Cheers!
It probably measures oil quality by detecting metal particles on the liquid
Hi Fraser, I like your posts a lot! Yesterday I bought my very first A2. It’s an 2000 model with 155000km and all the regular Audi services registered. I will encounter some (hopefully minor) challenges with the car, so will follow you! Also I heard you want to spend time on how to clean it properly.
Thanks and good luck.
Co-incidentally, we changed the oil and filter on my TD4 this afternoon - used a pump to remove the old oil via the dipstick orifice which saves all that messing about with the underpan.
Did you assume that the new plugs had the correct gap straight out of the box?
(Don’t tell anyone - I checked in advance! Strangely enough, they were already spot on!)
@@dukeofhuzza I think that most modern engines use a fairly standard setting but the older Rover engines were different, and when you have 8 plugs to check ...
Back in the 90s I had a Jag V12 for a while and decided one day to do a spot of servicing... those were the days before I had a garage to work in - this was on the street in Edinburgh! I gave up after a couple of hours, much swearing and shouting and a few bruised/cut fingers... I was going to do the plugs and check the valves... how naive!
These days is love to get one of them again - I now have the patience, tools and space... we shall see!
Many thanks for the very informative review.
I'm seriously thinking to buy this as a daily driver, as I want to sell my fully loaded VW CC. Do you think its a good idea, do you think i will survive with such old car without any asistents, DSG and 4x4?
My plan is to have this as a daily driver for the shopping and such and saving the rest of the money for some fun GT car however as I cant decide what to buy, the play is to buy the cheap A2, sell the CC and find out what I would actually want.
So far i have found few one with expired TUVlMOT - don't want that and one for 1200euro with hardtop, klimatronic, 4 seats, and missing the storage door on the dash.
I have also seem many with not aligned bonnet with the wings, lights is that normal as people don't know how to fit the bonnet or are so many crashed?
Wow, i've an Audia a2 ! your video is fantastic. Can you made other video on your a2!! ???
Coming soon!
@@dukeofhuzza wowowow
I just love this car! I think they are so underrated and more and more people are starting to notice them! I have one question though... I noticed that my engine is hanging on one side... Its not 100% level... I also have some rubbing noise while driving so I was wondering if that is normal for the 1.4 petrol or it should be straight like every other engine. Might be bad engine mount... thx for the answer and great video! Cheers
Nice to see you on the screen i like you humor (sorry but my english) and I wounder if the servicefirm had change the cabinfilter at all the lasted services?
I wonder that as well. It looks like it was in there a long time!
Thank You for Your very clear and informative instruktions
you did not replace the air filter :D
He did it before the start of the video, he said
Just killing some time before your live stream organ concert, (13/02/2022) and looking at some of your videos, music and the car ones. Just wondering who the little Bagpus on the shelf belongs to?
Amazing video!
Fraser - my Dad taught me to do exactly what you demo'd today - OK - 40 odd years ago..but he always checked the new spark plug electrode with a feeler gauge before fitting..is it safe to assume the modern plug's gap is usually correct?
Don’t tell anyone - I checked them in advance. They were ok though - new spark plugs are generally perfect - I haven’t reset a gap since the 90s!
I have an Audi A2 and the DEF warning comes on, however I can see nowhere to refill the Exhaust Fluid? Does this car actually have it? I have been reading alot about Adblue?
Changing the spark plugs on a 2015 Honda Odyssey is a nightmare!
Is that the 3.5 V-Tec? Aren't both sides of the V6 impossible to get to?!
@@dukeofhuzzaIt is a 3.5 but I'm not sure if it is V-Tec. Luckily, me and my dad found some helpful videos and figured it out. Thanks! :)
Hi, What kind of detergent did you clean this sump to make it so clean ?
Just general degreaser - nothing special!
I fixed accidentally the cabin filter the wrong way. Noticed in 2 minutes. It was whistling like a jet turbine…
You need to do more "how to" videos. When is your next one coming to the channel?
soon!
I'm looking at buying an a2 so this was useful, however when you started the car it sounded a little 'tappety', a definate little rattle. Is that normal?
Hi Paul - all 1.4VW engines will sound tappety on a cold start. As long as that stops as the engine warms up a bit, you should be ok... Regular oil changes are the key. Eventually the tappets may stick, but replacing them is easy peasy and doesn't cost the earth. There are stories of failures out there, but you'll find that with any engine...
A2's are a lot of fun and are, believe it or not, going up in value already. Get a good one (soon!) and look after it! If you go for a 1.6 FSI just make sure you put premium fuel in it - they don't like regular unleaded and will start coking up. Get a low-mileage diesel and (if you're allowed to drive it in all areas!) you'll save and save and save. The 1.4 petrol (like I have) is economical enough - we're averaging about 48mpg (UK). Can't argue with that!
Any relation to Andy Leggett in Bristol?
@@dukeofhuzza Thanks for the reply. I'm looking at a 2001 1.4 petrol. Trying to stear clear of a 1.6fsi and the diesel doesn't interest me.
Air Filter NO MENTION ?
Yes - I already changed it - as mentioned!
is yours 1.6 or 1.4 or is the service the same and use same oil?
It’s the 1.4. The 1.6 might require different oil standards. Check the book and see what it says! Service intervals are the same though.
Which OBD cable are you using?
I'm using the VCDS software via a Ross-Tech OBD cable.
Next Tutorial ... how to service DOOR MIRROR on A2 (corrosion inside)
At least you asked your wife before using the aluminium tray...well I hope you did!!! :)
It’s been lying around in the garage for ages now - it’s become part of my repair arsenal!
Hi I am looking for an Audi A2 petrol engine I am in Kinshasa DRC
Good luck! they are amazing little cars.
Question about oil use. Do You need to refill oil in ~10.000km interval, or how much need to refill? Some of A2 users tell that this engine use/burn quite a lot of oil.
Mine has 295.000km. On 287.000 I did rebuild engine because of used pistons(they had noise nothing else). But nether before nether now the level of oil don’t drop a bit from service to service(15.000km)
@@TheMarcel1984 Hi Marcel,
You have 1.4 petrol? So, oil change interval every ~15.000km? Oil quality use? Thanks for review. 🙏
@@mikusratelis9681 Yes petrol. I use Aral 5w-40. In 3000km I will have service again and I will give him aral 5w-30 like he get before he was mine.
My Oil Filter Looks very different.
audi australia charges $11AUD = $6.20 pound for the sump drain plug.
Yes it's AUDI :) Same in Germany. Just buy it online. I order my stuff on daparto.de
What spark plugs did you use?
New ones! 😂
I had no idea these engines still used conventional plug cables! Just goes to show the A2 still looks modern, even though it's an old car.
Can I just say though that is one of the most stupid oil filter placement ever? I would be swearing so much working on that car, I would have to go to the priest afterwards.
The newer A2 with the BBY engine uses coils. The older engines AUA uses Plug cables
Never in my f.. live, i will sell my 1.4 TDI A2 ^^....
Phitz-neis-und-teitd XD
must be scottish.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mean as...........................
Great video, just ease off with over exaggerated facial expressions, mouth sounds and relax your forehead. You’re going to have heavy wrinkles. Other than that well done.
Such a weird comment. Focus on the car and not the man's face LOL
Maybe Lukas runs a facial relaxation agency and is looking for punters… sorry Lukas, but I was never Data from Star Trek and never will be. It’s the only face I have and it’s there to stay - wrinkles and all!