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Hey, does anyone know what the standard coding is for a 2013 RS3 8P MMI nav head unit should be? It flagged up as incorrectly coded on OBDEleven and bugging me

Hi here's a little pic of my baby

Hi All, new member here, I'm Pete and own a 2013 Audi RS3 8P in daytona grey 👊

it is a shame like prices fell through to floor kev

Hi I hope you bought the three seals as well, radial shaft seal that goes in the slave cylinder, the driveshaft seal for the diff side, you have to take the diff cover off to get at it, then we have the crankshaft seal behind the flywheel and ring gear if thats leaking thats a whole new level, no point in dodging it as it just gets worse and coats the friction plate in engine oil, bit of advice put a bit of plastic over the brake fluid reservoir before !Removed! the lid back on and wrap the end of the pipe in clingfilm when you remove it from the slave cylinder, finally you have to put a bungee on the clutch pedal to stop it falling on the floor, this also stops fluid loss via the master cylinder which iff allowed to travel to the end of the cylinder body will ruin the piston seal so you will need a new one of those as well, I hope you have a four poster to use as the gearbox weighs a ton it took three of us to lift it off of the gearbox jack. Steve.

I've had a look on the forum but I've not yet had the chance to look at the fuel cap recess! I will, soon and get back to you.

Hi everyone im new to this forum hope you can help. MY grandson has an audi a3 2010 1.9 diesel convertible. The electric roof, the passanger front window and the passanger central locking does not work. The only way that I can get it all working OK is to disconnect and reconnect the conector on the passanger A pillar. It all work fine but after several times of operating it all drops again. I then have to do the same thing all over again. Not sure what the problem may be a bad earth. I would be very grateful if someone out there has a solution. Thanks in advance.

Hello Andrew, I would help if you gave us all the necessary information you have from the outset.

Thanks Sofa - very helpful - I have to admit I didn't know you could dispense adblue at garages - but then it's not my car - so I've never had to find out ! Jools

it only slides one way some were magnetic and when nozle goes in the pumps station opend them

Not on facelift s-line. I’ve checked.

Hello! Of course, it’s a Bank Holiday Monday and we have a long (>250 miles) and the glow plug light starts flashing in the 2008 A6 Le Mans that we bought just a week ago. The car is in semi limp mode and can eventually get to 60mph but I am concerned about doing damage to the car. We are going to stop in Lancaster which appears to have a National Tyres & Auto Care centre which is open. Fingers crossed that they can do a diagnostic. If not, we are wondering if it’s going to damage the engine if we keep on going to the South Coast….

Thanks Avinash, Could you help us by letting us know where you have searched to date. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi. Is this problem fixed? I haver exactly the same problem with my A6C7 Avant 2.0TDI.

Hi folks. I have just bought a 2022 A6 Saloon Black Edition and the vehicle spec tells me it has the Ambient Lighting pack. When I go into the Car settings and select ‘Background lighting’, it only gives the option to adjust the brightness, not to change colours or themes. Any ideas as to what to do here?

Hi AdamLa, I am having the same exact issue as you've described on my A3 2017. Car has never gone into limp mode though, I've been on the motorway at normal speeds with the light flashing the entire journey. But as you've described, car turned off at work and restarted 4+ hours later on the way back from work - doesnt illuminate. Next morning it does illuminate again. Although heavy acceleration always seems to bring it up whatever the conditions. Fault code is Oil Pressure Switch related. Did you manage to fix the problem and what did you need to do? Was it simply changing the switch? Please please tell me it was an easy fix 😁

Hi I was looking for some advise in regards to the stronic gearbox’s I’ve had some problems with a friend of mine it has already had the metronic unit replaced prior to purchasing but recently the car had started crunching in to get then gradually got worse and the other day stopped selecting gears then would work again after a while. Changed the gearbox oil today used genuine oil upon draining the old oil out there was very minimal oil in it would say about 100ml. After changing the oil I went to to test the vehicle and it still has the same fault where I will drive it will select 1st 2nd and 3rd gear fine then it will increase speed go to change in to 4th then the gearbox light will come on and it will stick in first gear then pull over switch off and on again then it is fine but then will repeat the same fault any advise on what to check or change next would be appreciated. I do have a suspicion that it could have completely ruined the gearbox driving it with next to no oil in but if there’s anything cheaper to check before getting in to replacing the box I will happily give it a go. Thanks in advance

Dont ask, 2007 build, electric gremlins, the nav doesnt work neither does the radiom but by god does it glide and absorb uk roads, I love audi but for comfort Mercedes always wins

Hi Wayne I don't think its the relay it is most likely the motor, because they are a cr@p design and fail frequently over the 190k I had the car I went through three rear motors all with different symptoms of failure, constant running, parking of wiper arm in multiple positions, no wiper at all, this is due to water ingress in to the control box PCB, never changed the relay ever, but if you use reverse logic if it works why is the relay at fault, most common symptoms of relay failure are, intermittent function or no function at all. Steve.

Hi lads long story short I have a 2005 gti with a Cdl engine from a 8p s3. Recently my car has developed a misfire on cylinder 4 only it’s accompanied with these following codes p0300 multiple missfire, p0304 cylinder four missifre ,p1093 bank 1 fuel measuring system 2 malfunction. Cars gotten new pcv, coil packs, spark plugs, intake manifold was cleaned + valves from carbon, new n80 valve + the lines that run into the manifold, fuel filter, cam follower. All these things weren’t too long ago either only a few months. Car has switchable maps, 320bhp. I’ve also done a compression test ( cold ) 190 on all cylinders and 186 on cylinder 1. I feel like I’m missing something as I can’t figure out what is wrong with it. The missfire was inconsistent and started at high Rpms under load and then developed into constant to a point now where it sounds like a rotary. Epc and engine light flashes. I’m Gona bring it in to a shop this week but thought I’d ask here to see if anyone ever had similar problems.

No lights on dash ,but thanks for replying

I unknowingly had the opportunity to get it remapped for free when I got the adblue deleted but I asked the question too late but according to the guy it would have put power up to 225bhp and increased the torque and he reckoned it would have improved the economy by up to 10mpg over standard

Hi Gareth Thanks for your reply while gearbox is out may as well do everything I’m really surprised i didnt get any warning signs whatsoever it pulled well in all gears, gear change was always smooth and quiet still it is what it is just got to get on with it now

I'd recommend a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up as the issue could be with the module or wiring harness etc.

Looks like the code is a fault for the engine mounts. You need to check the wiring to the mounts as they are prone to breaking quite near to where they plug in. If wiring is ok then it could be the sensor for the mounts or the mount(s) themselves.