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Mint condition FSH 4.0V6 S Tronic New tyres (mid range) No issues. Tonnes of extras 147k Looking for around the £10k mark. Open to offers. Location New Barnet EN5. Viewings encouraged but only one person please (sorry got scammed)

@Magnet this exactly

2 people came to see a car i had for sale while i was distracted, the other put oil in the expansion tank lol i quickly told them to leave....some people today

Thanks Mohammed, so at least you now know you can obtain insurance before you commit to buy. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi if you want to see what a blocked PCV will do look at the late Ford Transit, my fellow cab driver has a 20 plate and in short was suffering the same symptoms as you he even murdered the DPF and EGR Valve and multiple crankshaft seals before they narrowed it down to the PCV which is integrated in the rocker cover and had been changed 40k ago, any bore wear will cause excess crankcase pressure which would normally escape through the PCV, Positive Crankcase Ventilation system, if it can't escape the gas will take the path of least resistance, seals, back up the bores and ultimately destroy the Turbo as it will cause oil feed fluctuations to that unit, gone are the days when a tube venting into the world and filled with wire wool to stop the oil getting out will do. Steve.

Hi Gareth getting quotes of £1100 on comparison sites..

I got the best quote (by a country mile) from Audi insurance. Other quotes were up by around a grand.

Thanks Jason for the welcome. No depreciation here. Still wrenching at 70.

Many thanks for the additional information Christopher. Apologies for the confusion over the dip stick - did mention ‘used to’. Oil dilution may indeed be the reason why this engine may have suffered from premature bore/ring wear. Sorry to be pedantic and ask more questions, but ‘serviced to manufacturer’s spec….’ Would this have been on a Longlife schedule by any chance, where the oil was changed c every 18k? If so, this bad experience may point to the benefits of at least annual changes, and dare I say every 6months, where oil dilution raises its head. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi Jason, Thanks. Neither injectors, bolts or seals injectors were touched or serviced before they first blew, or started to leak, and in the case of those that blew out, the steel retaining bolts stripped their retaining sockets in the Alu head/block, thus then requiring helicoil fixation. Initially, two bolts were unfortunately reused, but when I read around the subject and appreciated the implications, I had the garage replace with new and retorque to spec, and this approach was subsequently used for all the others. New copper seals were used on each occasion throughout. So we still have no explanation for so many injectors coming loose and requiring resetting. Hi Gareth, Thank you. The engine has been serviced to manufacture's spec, with regular oil changes until this last twelve months, since when the same has been achieved by continuous topping up necessitated by the leaks (-in course of trying to fix which one cracked rocker cover has been replaced, and a front crank-shaft seal three times, latterly using the Victor Reinz (disposable) special setting tool). In respect of your suggestion re worn piston rings, as the likely cause of raised crank-case pressure, there is no dipstick on these vehicles to investigate in the way you recommend, simply the bayonet-fit top-up cap. And as I mentioned, there is no apparent loss of power or fuel economy, and the engine-running seems entirely smooth, the tachometer showing no rpm hunting.or dancing about. However, my reading of the Rheinmetall website this pm (https://www.ms-motorservice.com/int/en/technipedia/sealing-problems-and-piston-ring-damage-889) does suggest that an injector leak may cause diesel deposition on rings and cylinder walls, displacing lubricant and rapidly accelerating their wear. This begs the question (-as to why so many injectors should be thrown) which I posed to Jason...

If transporting the dogs is so important to you the logical thing to do is get rid of the TT and keep the A3.

Ignore me....found it!🙈

New outter cluster arrived today, low and behold both now work and my sanity is saved! Thanks so much for sharing