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Hi much as hate to wave my own flag, I only found out about these problems through ownership and accelerated milage using it as a taxi, that knowledge cost me dear financially and time wise, before I bought the car I did very extensive research on Ultra technology and it seemed pretty good but because it was in its infancy a lot of the subsequent problems I had as the milage rapidly increased were virtually unknown as most privately owned cars were no where near what I was achieving in milage so therefore had not occurred yet, my mechanic deserves a Victoria cross for having my gearbox out Four times for various faults, clutch, driveshaft oil seals, rear crank seal, [that was fun], rear engine mount, main engine mounts, he has always allowed me to view the repair and lend spare hands when required for which I am eternally grateful as is gave me a dose of the pain involved in fixing it, especially the low pressure EGR cooler which is what the P2002 is about, there is nothing wrong with the DPF itself its the cooler that exists inside the DPF with its own little valve body, this particular monstrosity sucks already burnt gas and adblue particles back in to the engine to be burnt again thus radically reducing Nox 1 which is running high when the engine first starts, problem the exhaust gas is much cooler the water droplets are larger so it forms a white sludge that blocks and rots the cooler tubes, a real night mare to change the cooler and valve and not much of a bargain at the time from Audi at £750 for the part, in my opinion the C5/C6 were better engineered and designed therefore returning this particular model will be a godsend, dont buy another one?. Steve.

Hi Gareth I have since found out that the gearbox was serviced at 25K miles. The car is now on 46K miles

No, Veron7 agreed to buy them and take the risk, as it cost so much to ship to NI. As far as I know, he likely still has them. I suggested he might like to advertise them, but he doesn't seem to have done so. Mike 🤔

Sounds a good idea - thanks!

It may well be that you have an intermittent fault on one of your brake lamps - probably worth pulling them out and having a look for damp/corrosion in the socket. Mike 🤔

Hi Gareth I've just had it recovered back to the garage and after further inspection there's a possibility that the fuel pump under the rear seat is knackered. Just waiting for it to be tested. You can't hear it coming on when the ignition is turned on.

Thanks Steve, I think she is stuck with the DAB radio. I might see if I can just buy a single CD player and have it fitted by an auto electrician.

Removed all, I haven’t checked new compression tester.

Managed to source two new ones. So here goes nothing haha hopefully this will sort the problem out. Thanks anyway and I’ll let you know what happens. Have to pounce on these as they are like rocking horse poo to get hold of. 🙂

You won't get an answer from dominic, he has not bothered to return to the forum since posting his question. Search recent forum history and you will find similar topics with a lot of useful information.