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So had mine looked at passed one lot of tests but failed a chemical test, suspected Egr cooler and or inlet manifold cooler, worst case cracked head or head gasket. Issue is it’ll cost an arm and leg to find out as it’s a case of take it all apart and see what’s there after unbolting bits, was willing to throw some money at it if it solved the issue once and for all but there’s no guarantees so will keep it for a short while as it’s behaving right now (touch wood) and then look at a new motor as it’s at 97k and had it 7 years. Would have been happy to keep it going as I still get compliments on the paintwork regularly and imo still one of the prettiest cars on the road.

Hi I agree with Steve. Wheel spacers put undue load on the axle bearings, and you would probably have to declare them to your insurance company as well.

there’s 267000km on it, bought the car from a garage last august, had it 4 days and the car went into limp mode, we have an obd11 and plugged it in when this happened and it was showing up as the crankshaft sensor, garage let us take the car to audi to investigate and they couldn’t find a fault with the crankshaft sensor. The garage i got it from changed out the sensor but this wasn’t the underlying issue as the car was still in limp mode, they found an issue with the ECU and got a reconditioned ECU and also done the timing chain prior to this as they weren’t sure if it was an issue and they had the engine out already to replace the crankshaft sensor. the car was returned to me mid december with no issues. Never went into limp mode again and no noises or hard starts or anything up until i parked it nearly 2 weeks ago now and it wouldn’t start. Service wise it had just had a full service prior to me buying it but the garage didn’t have the service book so i can’t say what the regime was like prior to me getting it unfortunately. The ECU is currently out being tested to ensure it’s not that causing any issues so once that’s back in i’ll get the scan rerun next week and get the results off my mechanic, i do remember him saying when he scanned it first when it came in it was throwing up a lot of low voltage faults as well as the stabilisation programme control on the dash. He had the new starter in and ready to go and the battery all charged up and went to turn on the car and again it wouldn’t crank which left him baffled because the starter had the short circuit internally and that’s when he tried manually turning the engine but again no luck. He hasn’t taken out the injectors or looked further into it as he’s not sure where he could even start with it and recommended taking it to an audi specialist to see if they could help further with them being more familiar with the car and its engine.

Welcome Barry, you have just won the prize for the shortest introductory post from a newcomer. We do not charge by the word! Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Captain Threaders Dont know of any offers regarding Audi Dashcams but I can 100 percent recommend a Blackvue two camera system and the company that installs them. I'm on my second Q8 and on both, for the first time in my motoring life and many many motor cars ( I'm 77 years of age by the way ) I made the decision to have a dashcam fitted to both. For my security and safety. I researched alot and it seems that the two high end cameras that are recommended by the various motor magazines are the Blackvue system and the Nextbase. They are both at the top of the dashcam available technology but I do believe you get what you pay for and as our cars are pretty expensive and valuable I decided to go for the duo system Blackvue backed up by a seperate Cellink battery. Both systems in both my cars were fitted and installed by TTW Installations situated in Nottingham. Now I realise thats a bit of a way to go seeing you are in West Yorkshire as it is for me being in Hampshire butif you value and love your car as I do I assure you its worth it. Small Company run by a husband and wife team who employ one other fitter. Just take a look at their website and see the type of vehicle they are working on. They do all sorts including top of the range tracker systems and speed warning systems. They are car nuts and look after your car and the installation is quite superb. All leads and wires hidden and the battery is either fitted hidden under a seat or in the boot. Nothing on show and the quality of the camera and lens and the playback is superb. I think it makes a perfect deterrent. Hope this is of interest. Frank

Hey Ahmei - I had to get RAC to tow our Q5 to the nearest Audit garage. Needed a full steering rack replacement which cost £1.4k . Took them 48 hrs to sort out at the garage. Unfortunate but don't think I had a choice as it wasn't related to the battery. All the best.