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HI Gareth
Unfortunately I was not with the car, but son in law, just passed his test, was. It obviously overheated to the extent that the gearbox was affected as he could not change gear until it cooled down. At that point he checked the oil level which was low and put 1l of coolant in. I am guessing but the car is only used at the weekend and he is putting in 1l circa 100-200 miles.
The sealer was not added by myself, I used the car from 88k to 90k miles over 1 year with no problems. He had the car last June and has done about 750 miles. The only difference was that he did some longer motorway journeys where the overheating problem first appeared.
I have attached an image of the report form the garage, there is no mention of a coolant pressure test.
It may be unconnected but I had a 225 roadster and the previous owner had a fault with the oil cooler which contaminated the cooling system, as when I bought is I did a full coolant flush and replacement thermostat/temp switch, but not sure this explains coolant loss.
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Daughter's TT roadster overheated last summer. It has been losing coolant since with no obvious sign of leak. Local garage chemical test on coolant and found leak sealant additive and combustion gas in the cooling system. Cylinder no 2 & 4 had P0302 & P0304 fault codes: "cylinder misfire detected".
I have just done a cylinder pressure test and the readings are from left to right are 140psi, 170psi, 160psi & 180psi.
Is the different between these readings indicative of head gasket failure or should I be checking anything else before I start to strip the head down?
Ps it still runs seemingly OK!
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Rear seats will not release to fold down
in Audi A3 (8V) Forum
Posted · Edited by PRH
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I have this one side of the split folding seat 2016 A3 cab. Audi dealer said likely to be a cable, but charge £120 to investigate and expect another 1 hours labour @190 per hour plus parts. Ive found a diagram on line showing the seat and components and will start dismantling the catch in the boot. The cable arrangement is not straightforward so if either of them need replacing the first task is how to get to the locking mechanism and cable routes? Did anyone find a solution?
A3 cab rear seat diagram.pdf