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Hi it sounds like the clutch is either contaminated on the friction plate or on its way out. Steve.

Hi ring the dealers and ask if your car was fitted with stop start, you will have to give them your VIN and if its not equipped with stop/start you are away, only piece of advice is buy branded and not some random make of battery that is dirt cheap and won't last long, the battery will need to be registered to let the ECU know it has a new battery. Steve.

Hi yes but the new module would have to be coded to the car, try and find a local car audio specialist who will be able to offer a hybrid solution rather than get in to major removal of the existing unit. Steve.

Hi sounds like the Haldex unit in the rear diff is on its way out this would put the car in to limp as its controlled electronically by a module. Steve.

Hi at a guess you have no subscription to the emergency call system its just their way of badgering you in to subscribing again, try having the car scanned to remove it, if its anything like my Passat I had to delete it a couple of times and they now have the general idea, not subscribing so it has not ever come back in over a year. Steve.

Hi no you have to change the whole unit.

Hi where is it on the dash

Hi I am not trying to frighten you but am merely pointing out what may cause the problems you have, the only realistic solution is to have the car scanned, the only problem with test driving is normally the tester drives like Miss Daisy so as to not alarm the vendor, when I bought my car at a dealers in Warwick we went for the drive with the dealer and my mate who took me up there I made sure the car was well up to operating temperature and drove round until I found a bit of dual carriageway and then gave it beans in every gear with my mate watching the back for smoke, the dealer was not impressed and asked my friend if I always did this to which he replied Oh yeah he is gonna be using it for a taxi and this has just proved it don't smoke, misfire ,or overheat and knock, all the ones I looked at got the same and if they did not like it I walked away. Steve.

Hi it should start with the right cranking voltage, check the starter motor and battery. Steve.

Hi its got sod all to do with the tank sensors its the manky gauge every car I have ever come across with that system, Peugeot, Citroen, Dacia its a cheap and nasty bit of kit, you can either get the dealer to recalibrate it, if they can, or ask them where to get virtual fuel. Steve.

Hi any warning light even if appears and disappears warrants investigation as the way the software works on Audis is it monitors faults and severity until they come up a maximum of ten times this then defeats the unlearning counter therefore it becomes a permanent code and possibly limp mode, now that you have announced its petrol I would definitely check the injectors but I do suspect if it smokes when accelerating hard it may be worn piston rings, get a compression test done to rule that out. Steve.

Hi the low pressure problem, the only way to check is to get it scanned and check the oil pressure on live data, if its the oil can in red on the dash then you have a problem as it could need a new oil pump, worse case, or the strainer on the pump will have to be cleaned, but either way its a sump off job, replacing the PCV may well cure your problem with the smoke but I would be inclined to get the injection checked first along with the EGR function as I am not sure which engine you have but all the later models had the PCV built in to the rocker cover which will mean a new cover. Steve.

Hi the antenna I bought off of eBay for about twenty quid, easy enough to fit just involves taking the boot head liner out to get at the old unit, the wiring terminals were grotty so I cut and crimped in new loop rings, that made a fair difference but the biggest gain was from the signal amplifier which was a massive upgrade but I got a local auto audio firm to fit that, in saying that you can now buy remote boosters that just plug in to the power socket. Steve.

Hi fit a new DAB antenna, loads on line that are better than the oe but first check the antenna on the roof as they often suffer with corrosion and don't work properly, my car was the same and I replaced all of the usual suspects with only a little improvement so I had convinced myself it must be my area, but the Passat I have's a similar set up but the only time it cuts out is when I get an electric bus along side me. Steve.

Hi the part you have found is incredibly cheap for a genuine part, try Audi at about £200 and thats if you can get one from them. Steve.

Hi Cliff P2002 is like the tax man it won't go away unless you pay for it, just discovered Jimmy O Riley's latest Ultra posting whereby the code is present and can't be cleared due to some Clown trying to delete Low/High pressure DPF software so even after cleaning the code won't go and the DPF won't regenerate, he apparently now has the facility to re flash the ECU with the standard software and that seems to work but only after cleaning, he also states that the problem will always return because of the design, believe me it always came back on my car and that had practically every emissions part renewed at some point, they are just money pits. Steve.

Hi never mind the battery the p2002 is going to cost some dollar to fix, get a quote first before spending any more money. Steve.

Hi try reading the MAF and MAP sensor readings on live data when cold start, I would guess it could be the MAF sensor if its the original unit as they tend to play about when they get old. Steve.

Hi try pm to Audia4KEV he may well know of an engine. Steve.

Hi think your aircon needs a degass had the same with mine and it was low refrigerant, its probably got a leak and if you look where the radiator is it might as well have a sign on it, Road Debris hit me. Steve.

Hi maybe it needs adapting again if you have VCDS there are plenty of how to do its on YouTube. Steve.

Pleeeeeeease code the new battery. Steve.

Hi I would from these figures assume the battery is well on its way anything below 85% SOC and with availability of 25AH is definitely wrong, how old is the battery? Steve.

Hi just try a gearbox reset that may well help with this, having the DPF cleaned won't affect the gearbox, normally after a gearbox service they do a reset so all the mechatronics can relearn its values. Steve.

Hi the idea of publishing the codes you have is to narrow down the components that may be causing this, you say that the vehicle was laid up for two years and you have blown two HPFPs therefore I would suggest that the high pressure side is in overrun which is eminently checkable on live data, my guess is that its the fuel pressure regulator playing about, this meters the fuel pressure within the rail and is electro mechanical therefore it can stick slightly and cause insufficient fuel to the rail causing flat spots or stick wide open and the HPFP tries to keep up with what it thinks is demand, the return system just loses what it won't use, using live data check the rail pressure at idle and then through the rev range and see if the figures add up, don't know what the rail pressures should be ideally on the DETA engine you have but I know if the lift pump in the tank is high around 600lpm you have a problem further up. Steve.