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Thanks Everybody. Rear discs are ten a penny, in fact I have not long had Brembo discs and pads on the rear. I thought I would just be able to order front discs as Brembo pads are readily available. It seems I will have to do some research with the other makes you all have suggested which I will do. I will let you all know the conclusion once I have more information. Thanks all, Tom

Don. Bear in mind that none of us have laid eyes or hands on your engine, so our assessment is based solely on your description and one photograph. Nevertheless those of us who have offered an opinion can not imagine that siezure of the fuel pump can snap the cambelt unless it was either defective or wrongly fitted.

Hi Gareth the SD4 engine was derived from PSA and the same engine was used in the MK4 mondeo 2.2, if looked after the engine was bomb proof, I know I ran one of the mondeos up to 360k, the ingenious engine was flawed from conception suffering with bad injectors, inlet manifolds and worst of all a DPF that they now admit was faulty hence the compensation system which as far as I know is still running, what it did was blocked frequently and would not regenerate itself this led to too much back pressure which in turn annihilated the turbo, worst case scenario was it blew the cylinder head studs, GAME OVER. As for Audi specialist on this forum I think our combined membership knowledge may well qualify us a tad. Steve.

That should not happen, I would get that investigated as would be a MOT issue it it happens, it’s normal for them to Cycle up and down upon car startup but that should be it

Had similar faults to this with my car also, I ran a forced regen on the dpf as hoped a dose of extra heat to clean everything out wouldn’t do any harm, worked for me.

Bless you, you are having issues. Evoque - Ingenium diesel? Guess they didn’t hear timing chain rattle and/or oil dilution/ extended oil changes? Pre late 2019? I do hope they renewed both timing chains and associated assembly before fitting the replacement engine. Let’s hope they will do the right thing by you and deal with you fairly and squarely. Regards, Gareth.

In desperation I have even sent a "contact us" message to Brembo in Italy as there is no mention of suitable sized discs in their catalogue. The guy in Deemon Tweeks was very helpful and tried the Brembo catalogue also. As did the Euro Car Parts guy. Both saying the disc size was 380. The discs above look good, but the reviews are mixed. The only thing I will say about them is that they confirm 380mm is the size. I think I will see what the response is from Brembo. After all they are supposed to make the things but whatever I end up with they will have Brembo pads. I will let you know the outcome. If anybody has ideas regarding the 375 or 380 I am prepared to listen as Auto Doc are good. I might even give them a call. Watch this space I'll let you know.

I fear you are onto a hiding to nothing as I see it. Most garages( understandably?) will dismiss their responsibility for issues if they don’t supply the parts. Mates rates. Possibly cash rather than card? Regrettably, all of this does not bode well, and I guess it depends what kind of a mate he is, as to whether he would be prepared to financially assist with the cost of rebuilding. Good friend, or friend by association? Regards, Gareth.

Issue 1. If the car has halogen headlights and the owner wants to convert to xenon then the car will need a headlight washer system installed to make it road legal. If I'm not mistaken this version of A8 (d3) was made untill 2009 so fitting later headlights and tail lights might be an option. But the later units would be coded to the car as can us was brought in in 2007.

Apologies for jumping in on this, but it seems you already have reasoned opinion that what you have been told is unlikely to be fact. I feel for you and the situation you now find yourself in, but regrettably you, or your friend are potentially into spending orbit money to ‘sort of fix’ this. Do you have a receipt for this work Don? Regards, Gareth.

If the garage owner is a professional can we assume he has insurance to cover this sort of predicament?

Hi I think they are spinning you a yarn, the fuel pump is normally cam driven but in the event of it seizing the locating dogs on the pump will snap so it has no drive, looks like someone didn't tighten the tensioner properly as if it was down to another component seizing the belt would have just snapped but the tensioner would have remained in its correct position. Steve.

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