Hi Gareth,
Thanks for the fast reply again,
I was just as confused by what they had said to me also but i will try and find the service paper work from when they looked at it and see if that says any more info.
From what I can remember the engine management was for a fault code with terminal 30, which they explained to me was connected to the fuse box and the ecu. The fuse box side is fine as everything works such as lights and they said there would be more obvious problems. They suggested trying a new battery which was tested and the fault was still present.
That is where they then explained that it has to do with the ecu, and that for them to check if it is a wire break they would have to remove the ecu and if there was no wire break it would mean my ecu was at fault and they could only fix it by fitting a new ecu? I was never told anything like you had said about recode my original one.
My main concern is that Audi are wanting to charge me £1300 to replace and fix my ecu fault when it all just a bit to confusing. Especially if there are other options as you mentioned.
Do you think i may be better off going to an ecu specialist garage and getting a new set of eyes looking at the issue?
Sorry to be such a pain but i really appreciate the response you have giving.
Kind regards
Dev.