jdragon

On 10/6/2024 at 9:35 AM, MARIUS Marius said:

Hello,jdragon I have an Audi A4 b9 2018 and cold air is blowing in at the driver's feet and behind the central grille. otherwise, warm bags on all the flaps. I did the vcds diagnosis and I don't have any error on the climate control, I can't figure out which engine is faulty

That's odd. Have you ran 'basic settings'?

That's most likely the HPFP.

It's normal if it reducess when you stop accelerating 

@MuttyUK I do like your wheels......are they 19s? what's the part number?

On 6/25/2024 at 7:54 PM, MuttyUK said:

How did you take them off? Just bought a Quantum Grey A5 Coupe & looking to do the same! 

I really do like the balance of the twin exhaust.

There are aftermarket diffusers that would take the twin set up that I have on the TDI, but I would need to do something clever with the RHS to create a fake tail pipe as there isn't much room with the AdBlue tank.

Anyway, to answer your question, on the picture in my first post, you can see a tab on the pipe laying down, just needs lifting up to clear the pin on the exhaust and a little pull.

@Teddynewson

Great progress with the car.

I genuinely want to see it when it's finished 

On 8/23/2024 at 5:22 PM, Teddynewson said:

Started on the back and it was a pig the screw that held the disc on was knackered so had to drill it out with a 5.5mm drill bit then tap it also see the level sencer damaged so got one of them coming 

I didn't have anything sophisticated (other than a small chisel) when I last had a disc screw stuck in my B8, so I hammered that into the screw in an anti clockwise direction, and it eventually came out

The headlight sensor was also noticed broken, just hanging around, when I had my rear springs changed, but we decided to just cable tie it safe 😄

@wanleg

They are under your glovebox. The recirculation flap motor (2) is on the left, the fresh air flap motor (3) is at the back; you can see some arms connected to this one.

In my case, at least, it was (2). After removing the cover under the glovebox, the motor is fastened with 3x torx screws.

You will however need someone with VCDS to run the basic settings after fitting the new motor.

Unfortunately, the distance from Hartlepool to me probably doesn't make it very economical for my help with this 🙂

Anyone with VCDS can plug in to read the fill level.

On 5/19/2024 at 9:47 PM, Hammie1982 said:

I dont have it mapped out on an Audi, but I mapped it out on a Seat Alhambra about 12 months ago.
Several times it didnt register a full tank fill up....  I took it to Seat each time and they done some sort of Software reset and it worked each time!
Well this last time it didnt work, they scratched their heads a little bit and then their beards and their manhoods and then said it needed a full system replacement!
They told me they would see what they could do as it was an ongoing problem and they might get the price reduced by 10 - 20% but it would likely still be in the region of €3500 

I told them i would have it fixed else where and drove to a small garage where i know there is a little computer genius.  He told me to give him 10 mins to have a look at it and see if it was going to take long, 5 mins later he informed me i owed him €200.00 and told me "you will never have this problem again"

He was right... 25k later ive not had that problem again!

So what did the computer genius do? 🤔 

What's most likely is whoever changed the discs before has destroyed the thread in the hub plate when removing the screw in the original disc 🙄

The disc was probably rotated covering the tapped hole in the hub plate 🤔😆

Having replaced one before due to a damaged head, I grabbed some from the rack where I was working at the time. I think they are M6x12

You can buy them from eBay for a few ££ if no where local has them.

I'm not sure what has happened in the middle of this thread 😄

Thanks for the replies, so it seems I'm not just imagining things and will keep to the Esso + additive method 

The only comment I can add is posted here 🙂

https://www.audiownersclub.com/forums/topic/25171-audi-a5-b9-tyres-25535-r19/

Hi all, I did a search but couldn't find anything conclusive on this.

Quick background for posting this: I got a text saying my personal fuel card from Fuelpecker has now changed to WEX ESSO and there was a link to sign up. Naturally sceptical, I contacted Fuelpecker and Googled to see if there was something to confirm this was legit. I've been filling up at ESSO for years, partly because of the discount, I pass four ESSO services daily and I was under the impression that cheaper supermarket fuels are of a lower quality. While looking for something to back up the text, I found these posts:

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/fuelpecker.220220/#post-3906993

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/fuelpecker.220220/#post-3907553

It got me thinking and my questions are: what do you guys fill up your cars with, so-called quality fuels from BP, Shell, ESSO, supermarket fuel, or the premium stuff? And do you notice any difference between them?

In my own experience, my previous A4 B8 diesel didn't run well on fuel from Tesco, so I switched to ESSO all the time with the discount card, and after some years started using Millers diesel treatment and now Archoil. I've never tried the fuel additives with Tesco fuel.

I can also add to this I've tried all the premium fuels, and BP was by far the best in terms of getting more MPG and performance, without the addition of a fuel additive.

On 1/12/2024 at 6:26 PM, danut said:

hello

Anyone have tried the 265 35 R 19 or 265 35 R20 Wheels?

 

There's an S5 B9 with 20s next to where I work with 35 profile. In my opinion it looks awful because of how they sit in the arches and makes the car look higher than it should be.

My wife has a VW Golf 1.4 TSI 2016 and has been loosing coolant similar to your experience, which was the water pump. It was easy to identify the pooling on top of gearbox. Cost at VAG specialist using OEM part was £466

My A5 B9 looses a small amount of coolant (max to min in a few K miles) and has been pressure tested, but I can now see dried water/coolant at the outlet pipe underneath the reservoir.

If I were you I'd get a second opinion before spending £950

Do you know anyone who has VCDS? It'll provide a much more comprehensive report.

Does anyone use an anti crystal additive?

https://www.kenteurope.com/en/product/urea-anti-crystal-additive-53843636/

On 12/24/2023 at 7:33 PM, Stevey Y said:

Hi Yara is not discontinued it just morphed into Halfords own brand, two 5ltr pouches for £20 the clue is on the packaging where it says made by YARA in small letters at the back of it with their viking logo.

Thanks Steve. I've not seen this only ever browsing online, so I'm glad I posted what I thought 🙃🙂

It looks like the YARA is discontinued at Halfords now. I used Redex this time. It's almost double the price of other brands like Greenchem and MANNOL 

No movement on this topic. I will however report back with some photos when the job is done.

Thanks Steve. I noticed when looking for wheels some of the tyres are AO Hankook.

They're one of the few I haven't tried, and the reviews are positive for the Evo 3, so I've nothing to lose currently.

Riken UHP have come up a few times too, but with more mixed reviews being a love / hate trend.

Great post - thanks for sharing 👍 

Great news you've got this sorted. What is the part number for the sensor? Do you have a photo of it's location? It would be really helpful should anyone else have the same issue.