Tommym92

This is what happened to me give or take, I think you did ok for £1200, which was around what I paid. Interesting about the clean EGR valve, I only use BP standard so hopefully, mine won't be too bad.

Thank you for the thorough updates, and I'm glad you got it sorted finally! A reset of the gearbox helped for a few weeks for me but it's slowly going back to how it was. I'll look into these as the next steps. I fear it may also be a new clutch.

From what I've seen:

Make sure the gearbox has been serviced at the correct interval, 40k miles. Make sure it drives smooth, no jerkiness. (if it's an S-Tronic gearbox). You might be able to get a BiTDI for that money which has a proper auto box.

Listen out for a stretched timing chain or broken tensioners, especially pre facelift.

I think they're the major ones for the A7.

Mine started doing this before Christmas and eventually lost power and overheated. It turned out to be the coolant pump and the coolant regulator valve. if you look down at the engine tray from the front near the radiator does it look damp? The coolant pump is to the lower right, is it dripping?

Thanks for the updates!

I'd be interested to see what your ODB readout says, I'm having exactly the same issues.

Brill, glad it worked for you

Do you have the new option on the menu "Audi Smartphone"?

Does your MMI system still work? It could have aborted the installation without installing anything

11 minutes ago, CraigH1981 said:

Just found another one from mr-fix, so i'll give that a go

That's the one I used, he's pretty good. Hopefully, it works for you!

I thought I'd post here instead of opening a new thread as I have a similar question. I'm thinking about getting a set of 17" A6 alloys for fairly cheap, for winter/ride quality. The issue I can see is that I would be going from 265/255 (can't remember) width to 225 width. I can imagine grip would be reduced, but could anybody see an issue with this?

Hi Craig,

You should be able to update your MMI system to have car play integrated, I'll try and find the videos. You can also pay somebody to do this for you.

I don't usually get that lucky! Glad you got it sorted

I had the same problem with my A7, I emailed the Glasgow ULEZ scheme and they sorted it by escalating it with the DVLA on their end.

I would agree they're not the best MPG figures. It just occurred to me that you might need to check your tyre pressures, I've got mine set at 38F/41R (PSI). The BiTurbo does use a different gearbox too (Torque converter vs DSG) which may slightly reduce mpg.

I've got a the 270HP A7 and on a 200 mile run I've had it up to 47mpg, without cruise control and A/C it might reach 50mpg🤷🏻‍♂️. Long term though after 9500 miles of mixed driving it's 37mpg, which while not amazing isn't that bad for a 3L V6 2000KG car ( These are indicated figures from the cars computer)

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It can be done, I upgraded my A7 (2015) to AndroidAuto/CarPlay. Although I'm not sure about posting links to the files, videos, etc is permitted here.

Appreciate the thorough advice guys! I'll definitely be shopping around in that case.

With ECP, I'd heard that even if you purchased "Brand Name", you weren't actually getting the "proper" product, maybe under license, whether this is true or not I'm not sure.

Looks like I'll give Brembo a go. One thing I've just noticed is there are differing thicknesses of pads from 16-20mm, is there a specific thickness?

So the brake pad warning light has just popped up. Would anybody be able to recommend some good replacement pads? I'm never to sure about Euro Car Parts these days

Cheers Joe, that actually looks quite nice! much better than I expected!😃

Has anybody powder coated the diamond cut 10 spoke 20" alloys (4G9601025N)? I need to get mine refurbed and the specialist recommended powder coating as it will last much longer. I'm just not sure how they'd look/if they'd look that great without the diamond cut finish.

I was worried about my oil level on the digital gauge too, as mine got to the minimum. Bought 1L of oil, and used 500ml which brought it all the way to MAX! So it seems it's not a huge amount, just a prompt to top up a touch. Just had my oil changed and the digital gauge was 3/4, I'd rather have slightly less than too much oil.

 EDIT: I should add I did provide my own oil Castrol EDGE 2x4L, and there was some left over so it definitely, took around 7-7.5L 

Thanks, I better start puttng some pennies away then...🤑

I'd be interested to know this too, I've got a 2015 on 109,000 miles