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Hi All, Would anyone know what size socket I need for the oil filter housing cap?

Good question and fair comments! As a bit of background we've owned this as our second car for 18 months, it had allegedly had an oil change before we bought it (independent dealer) and then we gave it an oil service after 12 months/5kish miles, so roughly October last year. You may ask why we bought a 1.6 petrol car for school runs - a diesel was out of the question for such short journeys (DPF nightmares) and while this car is mostly used for school runs, we also occasionally use it for long family trips as I can't comfortably fit the whole family in my car, so wanted something with a small-ish engine but wouldn't be completely out of its depth on a motorway either. And yeah, we weren't going to spend 25k+ on an electric car for the kids to ruin 😄 So this seemed like a decent compromise. I last checked the oil about 3 months ago, there was a little yellow sludge on the cap, as there always is, but none on the dipstick, that is new. It seems to have got much worse recently. The engine used to get up to temperature fine, obviously not on the short school runs, but on longer journeys.

Recently sold my Q5, I have pair of roof bars which were never fitted so like new and a cab/boot net screen which was fitted when I bought the car but only for a week as I didn’t like it, so again like new. Both have been stored ever since. Couple of slight marks from storage otherwise fine. Roof bars come with rubber rail covers and key for fitting. Bars £40 - Net/screen £30. - or both for £60. Collection Only - Sheffield/Rotherham area.

Welcome Edd, and thanks for joining. There is a lot of conjecture about ‘mayo’ and jumping to the conclusion that it is a definite indication of head gasket failure. I would say in your case that it is certainly due to/ aggravated by unacceptably short runs, and the fact that the engine doesn’t reach operating temperature - even if the thermostat was serviceable - which it isn’t! The fact is Edd, this engine is having a hammering, and is likely to suffer from the equivalent wear that would be encountered on a car operated on motorways and having done say x10 times the mileage of yours. Before going any further let’s start with an important question:- how often is the oil changed and when was it last changed? Kind regards, Gareth.

You need to get the non Bose loom, this will allow the head unit to activate the amp in the sub and you get rear speakers working too.

Best thing to do is get a sniffer for the coolant header tank, it will detect any exhaust gases in the coolant. I once bought a Volvo 850 that a bubbly dipstick tube, I changed the oil pcv pipes and it never showed up again. It could just be the short runs that are being done.

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Finally had a new battery fitted, the car was throwing up all sorts of errors on the dash, ‘ put in P or N to start’ when it already was and clicking on the key several times before actually turning over. Seems to be sorted apart from a ‘fuel pressure fault’ which only appears in a diagnostic and keeps returning after being cleared. Had it booked in at an Audi dealer but in a nutshell they let me down with no apology so got back in car and drove home, 60 mile round trip wasted. Car drives fine ( start/stop works) . Local mechanic is unable to narrow down the fault and it was him who suggested Audi. Any ideas what to do now ? Thanks in advance

New member here, will try my best not to be one of those annoying people! Our 2011 A3 1.6 Sportback is running horribly and showing both the engine light and ESP light. A couple of weeks ago I noticed on a long drive it wasn't getting up to temperature (sitting at about 1/3 on the temperature gauge after an hour) and afterwards I checked the coolant level, which was fine so I thought maybe the water pump or thermostat may need attention, but didn't get round to it. The car has always had white smoke from the exhaust on startup and had a small amount of "mayo" on the oil cap, but we use this car almost exclusively for ~1 mile school runs, so apparently that's to be expected. BUT today the engine was running really poorly, idle was all over the place, and the attached engine lights came on along with an ESP error on the display (didn't get time to photo that before it disappeared.) I opened the bonnet, again coolant level was fine, but I checked the dip stick and was greeted with the attached! Way more "mayo" than normal. Obviously my first thought is head gasket, but I've spoken to multiple local Audi specialists this week and they've all said that is incredibly unlikely. None could look at the car til next week, hence why I'm asking here for opinions in the meantime. I don't have a fault code reader for this car. I'm mainly interested in opinions on whether this amount of water in the oil is normal (I assume not!) and what may be causing the rough idling and engine lights. The two may be completely unrelated and just a coincidence. Any help appreciated!

Hi all sent the cluster to ECU testing and got a call from them stating that there is nothing wrong with the cluster, so now am stuck think is there anything else I can check, eg power to cluster if so what wires and can I use a test lamp

Hi, not my car as I'm still looking around for one but in the last few days quite a few YouTube videos have popped up on how to repair this problem. It seems that over time the glue deteriorates and the fabric shrinks causing the window and roof to part company. Is this a common problem with A5s? It hasn't happened yet on my 21 year old BMW E85.

I have the black edition in silver. But mine doesn't have the black bits yours does like the wing mirrors and side skirts

Hello everyone, Just posting for some expertise since my partners car has started making a ticking/knocking sound. This sound has started after new glow plugs were replaced (don’t know it that could be the culprit). it seems that the sound fades away when the engine is warm but it’s very loud upon start up. Any replies would be useful! Thanks! IMG_1887.mov IMG_1888.mov

Don’t over think it Asem. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Mhmm I’ll give it a try with another reader then let’s see

Hi i got 7 speed auto box and flywheel went on it so changed that and on reverse car started to stall first time so i ran adaptation on internal clutch with VCDS and that sorted it out also could be as simple as software update in gearbox just talk to mechanics.

Nothing is off its just communication error by look try different obd reader i wouldnt worry if car drives and there are no fault lights on dash.

So, these are the flaps cleaned up. They come up new. If I'm getting a swirl flaps error I'm just wondering if I'm wasting my time cleaning and putting them back in though when I could leave them out - not sure if not putting them back in with throw up an error though.

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I think it needs putting on their computer in case there is something amiss. It goes in on the 11th March. At least it will get a free valet.

Hi all had issues with turbocharger accuator and first fault code came was P0045 with P0047 solenoid valve short to ground ofcourse limp mode from time to time kept driving and limp mode started more frequently also engine light so checked started to trow out codes like P2463,P2465,P0299 anyway could be loads of things wrong i fixed it myself just advise when u have fault code and u ignore it then u have more codes just go with very first one so i changed solenoid valve today and no more limp mode car pulls like train again.

Please do tell us what the hole is intended for, and what needs to be done about it.

Massive thanks to Richard aka Spartacus 68 for recommending Tomas at VAG Technic who is very familiar with this problem and can fix it 🙂

If threats fail Tony, try beating it severely with a rose bush. It didn't work for John Cleese, but you might just be lucky. Nevertheless I'd still take it in for testing.

I did find the whole set of suspension arms in Parts in Motion made by Febi and price was surprisingly low only 400£ for a set. On a compatible vehicle list i found all the variations of my a4 except it was only for AWD. I did enquire parts in motion to see if it fits my car anyway, but unfortunately they got back to me and said no. So i will try over the weekend to order them separately, just need to find out correct part numbers for my car.