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Hi I’m looking at both an Audi. A6 2014 does the 2.0 TDI have a chain or Belt. the second is an Audi A5 2013 2.0 TDI does this have a belt or chain please

Hi the car runs better during a regen as the EGR is shut off [no exhaust gas] they all do, I would recommend a full diagnostic scan before condemning anything. Steve.

Hi quite possibly the answer to this is yes, especially if the car has had no prior updates during your ownership as the dealers wont do them automatically, so you have to ask and they have to charge, the updates are normally for the first four years, these are to counter known problems that the dealers have found during service, after four years they don't do anymore updates as they say they have covered most upcoming faults, my niece has had a MINI 1from new which started to run badly last summer, the car was bought new in 2010 and had never had an update so when we took it to a BMW specialist I know he said yeah no probs the update will take ten minuets, forty five minuets later it was still down loading, but to be fair it went like a rocket after. Steve.

Hello Matty, Arrange a visit to your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau, and ask their advice on how to make an official written complaint to the selling dealer. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello, whoever you are, Can you please take a little bit of your time to complete your profile properly. Thank you.

Hello David, Fingers crossed all will be well. Perhaps you can update us once the job has been finished. Kind regards, Gareth.

Just to complete this, Audi diagnosed a fault and car is booked in. All I was told was that it was a software fault and that car needs to be in overnight. Cheers

Thanks Gareth 👍

Hi might be worth getting in to dialogue with OBD Eleven and ask them if their system will deactivate the system as your vehicle is SFD protected and to date they are the only system to have access to the tokens to perform such functions, you wont have problems with insurance as these things cause more damage than they prevent and I suspect in the future they may even load your policy if you have it. Steve.

Hi it wont damage the engine, its most likely the oil sensor in the sump going sideways they are a rubbish design which is doomed to fail, I service my own car and had the same message so I drained out a litre of oil and it was still the same message so I had to change the sensor, these sensors are very twitchy even after opening the bonnet you have to drive at least two cycles [3-4 miles] before you can check it again. Steve.

There's always I higher risk of gearbox failure on high mileage cars. But that could go for any major components really.

Hi guys, been a busy year so far not had chance to update on the situation. In the end the EGR cooler was the problem, had it replaced and problem has been resolved with no re-occurrence since beginning of Feb. independent specialist did the job and took about 3 days in total, cost around £1200 with the labour and vat, labour was around half the cost. hope this helps someone else in the future

Does anybody know where I can source a decat downpipe for 2010 a6 c6 3.0 v6 tdi ? I have the dpf delete pipe from dark side developers but can’t find anywhere for the downpipe. thanks in advance.

Hi everyone any information on the Audi campaigns 97 EP and 23 CK would be much appreciated thanks regards AR

You do seem to be rather ‘fixated’ on this gearbox issue, when there are far more things that can, and do, go wrong despite the proof of FSH. Rather surprised that the car has a service book as posed to be recorded on the VAG ( International I guess) computer service record. That would be my main chasing point. Personally I cannot add to what I said in yesterday’s post in terms of gearbox service. They are going to do it and warrant it, so….? Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks. I am taking it back today. The car drives fine. I would have expected it to be lumpy or difficult to start.

At least you're aware 🙂

For this to be plug and play the numbers AND letters have to match. Otherwise you'll need it to be coded.

Glad it's all fixed 🙂 nothing good comes cheap as they say.

Hi my 2017 Q3 as screen backlights have gone and it’s now black, I read that the wiring can snap due to the constant twisting of the screen. As anyone got any idea which wire from the back of the multimedia unit controls the power so I can check it with my multimeter. thanks

Hi sorry Cliff I stand corrected.

Hi the one with only one connection is for the low pressure EGR, the sensor with two pipes is the DPF sensor they are both the same part number but the EGR sensor on the low pressure side uses barometric pressure from the open side to make its calculations, replacing both is not a bad shout but they will both need adapting, I would still be interested in your soot/ash loadings. Steve.

Watching with interest, thanks for posting. im about ti replace front dampers, top mounts and anti roll bar links on my A3. the top mounts are getting a bit creaky. Dampers look to be originals and with the car past 100k miles replacing them can’t do any harm I suppose.

You will never have such bad trans fluid when u NEVER do launch when u never drive like maniac .. In the past people were owning cars and NEVER EVER thought that they gonna replace trnas. fluid.. ONLY engine oil... Nowadays people doing all sht on internet just to make money from views so they will replace all possible nonsense on car.. When people suddenly shoot off from stop and step on it.. The trans gears making massive friction where micro chips happening from metals.. Nothing is undestroyable in the world.. If you never do all these car abuses your trans fluid will be STILL gold after 5 years or even 10 years of driving car...

Oh dear. I can safely say I won't be trying that myself. Thanks for the heads up anyway Steve.