Audi Service | A2 Basics 

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.

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 😂

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.

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!

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.

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

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) :)

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.

This is a fantastic video pal....to the point and loving those rolled R's. Top job.

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🎅🌲👍😁

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

An easier way to access the oil filter is to remove the lower grill that just unclips. Then you can see & reach the filter.

Amazing video!

Thank You for Your very clear and informative instruktions

It probably measures oil quality by detecting metal particles on the liquid

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

Wow, i've an Audia a2 ! your video is fantastic. Can you made other video on your a2!! ???

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?

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?

I fixed accidentally the cabin filter the wrong way. Noticed in 2 minutes. It was whistling like a jet turbine…

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.

Hi I am looking for an Audi A2 petrol engine I am in Kinshasa DRC

you did not replace the air filter :D

At least you asked your wife before using the aluminium tray...well I hope you did!!! :)

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?

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?

Next Tutorial ... how to service DOOR MIRROR on A2 (corrosion inside)

Changing the spark plugs on a 2015 Honda Odyssey is a nightmare!

You need to do more "how to" videos. When is your next one coming to the channel?

Hi, What kind of detergent did you clean this sump to make it so clean ?

Air Filter NO MENTION ?

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?

is yours 1.6 or 1.4 or is the service the same and use same oil?

Which OBD cable are you using?

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.

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.

audi australia charges $11AUD = $6.20 pound for the sump drain plug.

Phitz-neis-und-teitd XD

My Oil Filter Looks very different.

What spark plugs did you use?

Never in my f.. live, i will sell my 1.4 TDI A2 ^^....

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.