Jamescroydon09

Been told my ac compressor on the car I bought is broken , I got the part numbers from the sticker and trying to find cheaper compatible options when I put some of the part numbers in I get options from £150-£500 but when I add my reg to sites to see if there compatible they come back as not compatible? I have uploaded a photo of my part number label can anyone advise

Thanks for letting me know , iv noticed before that sometimes the coolant is below the minimum, and never got any notification so i assume that this bypass was preventing that ? still don’t under stand how a sensor located completely separated from coolant tank can tell the coolant levels 🤷‍♂️ It’s always worrying when you find bypass on sensors on a used car as you never know if it was a quick fix or there to hide something. is this a common bypass ?

So I bought the car and have been slowly doing required maintenance , and repairs . When I started the car again after I quick drive I noticed the temp gage drop from around 70 (pre warm ) to then I got the red flashing coolant symbol show up . i looked under the bonnet to check coolent levels and it was above the minimum had a look around and noticed a lead just below the coolent bottle that had been taped up and looks like someone has done a bypass. I removed the bypass and restarted the car still showed the warning so whilst car was running I put the bypass wire back in turned the car of and back on and the symbol went away and my temp gage is now working . my car is a 3.0 petrol when I look online at the photos of coolent sensor the pins look to close in the pics so I’m not sure if there just a generic photo or the bypass is not in the actual coolant sensor location and this is something else? please see the pics and any recommendations

Iv got a set of 20s on my a8 they have 245/40/20s tyres on , i need to replace them as missing one alloy iv found these Q5 wheels that have 255/45/20 on them would the alloys fit with either the tyres that’s on there or changing them all round

So I just managed to get my hands on a 3.0 v6 petrol , on low miles 60k mechanically seems all good it’s been sitting for years and not had any recent mot the back wheel is the woung size 17” the other 3 are 20”s and no mot so until I get another set of allows and mot can’t really take it for a good drive . So what’s everyone’s opinions on them and what I should look out for .

Need set of alloys let me know if have

I just bought a low millage A8 for a very good price , however one of the wheels is missing and currently has a 17” on the back , it seems mechanically sound but does not have a mot my alloys are 20” does anyone have a matching spare or know where i can get one that matches the ones in the photos or any that looks close and is a 20” so i can get the mot