Audi & Volkswagen MK6 (GTI, A4, Q5 & More) Timing Chain Tensioner - Features, Symptoms, And Product Review

The 2nd generation CCTA and CBFA Audi and Volkswagen have plastic intake manifolds that are extremely common failure items due to the fact that those engines are direct injected. Knowing how prevalent the issue is, Volkswagen/Audi offers a cost-effective replacement. There's no way around...

The 2nd and 3rd generation two-liter turbo Audi and Volkswagen engines are known to produce an oil leak from the cam cradle. This leak allows oil to run down the front of the engine block and onto the water pump housing. Over time this oil will deteriorate the plastic of the water pump housing...

Volkswagen Motorsport, with the help driver Romain Dumas, crushed yet another record over this past weekend. This time it wasn't just an electric-car record, but the overall record up the famous FOS hill—finally toppling the twenty-year-old record by a massive 1.7 seconds. The Volkswagen ID.R is...

This Sunday, we closed out our second Cars and Coffee of the year, following our largest ever that fell in conjunction with our Customer Experience Center grand opening. Our parking lot and lawn quickly filled in—almost matching the turnout of the grand opening.  I'd like to lead off with a...

Exactly one month ago, Volkswagen Motorsport and the 670HP-equivalent all-electric VW ID. R took to the Nürburgring-Nordschleife for their first official test in preparation for their record-setting attempt. After a long month of anticipation and speculation, they succeeded in what they set out...

Earlier in the year, Volkswagen Motorsport announced they would be running the all-electric VW ID. R, that absolutely crushed the previous Pikes Peak Record, around the "Green Hell" this summer. Well, that time is approaching quickly, and as of last week, on-track testing has commenced.  Just...

Simplicity is beauty, and Eadwine Webb’s 1990 Volkswagen GTI might catch you off guard, as thecover of this Vee Dub book betrays the monstrous heart underneath. If there is one thing to appreciate about the Mark II Golf, it’s the fact that it’s a very simple car to beginwith. Even as an update...

Thanks to a cooperative Mother Nature, the annual United Car Club of Connecticut and UConn Car Club UC3 car show was way bigger than expected. In the shadows of Rentschler Stadium, the turnout for the event was massive. Here's what you missed.  Unlike last year, the weather this year ended up...

Since it's no secret that we at FCP Euro love (and race) Volkswagens, we thought we'd pay homage to the classic Vee Dubs that started it all.   After all, without the classic air-cooled VWs becoming popular around the world, the water-cooled Volkswagen GTI TCRs that our race team competes with...