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  1. cliffcoggin
    Given that Adblue is part of the car's emissions control system, I wonder if its deletion will affect the MOT test.
  2. cliffcoggin
    Are you saying you bought the car without being able to test drive it?
  3. cliffcoggin
    Good job. The right tracking should treble the life of the tyres. PS. I like the humour in "ditch finders" and "Norn Irn".
  4. cliffcoggin
    The DSG should be comparable to a manual change box in terms of power transmission efficiency. One of the incentives to develop DSG was to eliminate the hydraulic slip associated with torque converters. (As an aside I might add that later torque converters sometimes had a device to lock the TC at high speed, thus reducing the overall loss.)
  5. cliffcoggin
    Assuming you don't mean Extra Sensory Perception, what exactly does not work about yours? Some details might help to get some more helpful replies.
  6. cliffcoggin
    Take it back to the dealer. It may be a simple fix or it may be an expensive one. Either way you should not have to bear the cost.
  7. cliffcoggin
    Sorry if you feel insulted, but to quote your own words "The jack looked ok but I dont know much about jacks."
  8. cliffcoggin
    Oops. Silly me. I read so many topics elsewhere concerning electric cars I have got used to mispelling of Li-ion by many folk.
  9. cliffcoggin
    There's no point having a jack and wheel if you don't know how to use them. Isn't the information printed in the car handbook? I don't know about the A4, but the A3's jacking points are just behind the front wheel arch and just before the rear wheel arch. Fot goodness sake don't jack up at the wrong locations else you will push a hole through the floor of the car and possibly injure yourself.
  10. cliffcoggin
    Yes it was a battery problem all along, as we all suspected from the start. The ABS pump was a red herring. Have you had the battery coded to the car yet? You will need to in order to get all functions working properly.
  11. cliffcoggin
    As the driver of an electric car that is reliant on a lithium-ion battery for motive power I don't believe Li-ion technology is inherently rubbish, however it does require a sophisticated BMS (battery management system) to ensure safe, reliable, and durable operation. I doubt that the simple charging circuits on a 12 year old car will have that capability, so it seems to me that to fit a 12 volt Li-ion battery to the A3 is both wastefully expensive and a retrograde step in terms of performance. A plain lead-acid battery would do the job adequately.
  12. cliffcoggin
    Yes you should, though it is not clear to me if you refer to the engine fan or the cabin fan. The fan will knock it self out by continually running at high speed, and will increase fuel consumption a little.
  13. cliffcoggin
    Speak up. I can't hear you.
  14. cliffcoggin
    I very much doubt it, unless you go to a breaker's yard which would be more time and effort than finding the original. There can't be that many places for the knob to hide in such a small car.
  15. cliffcoggin
    The service history gap means either that it was not serviced at all, or the servicing was done by somebody without access to the Audi record system. In your position I would walk away from the car.
  16. cliffcoggin
    You need to get the new battery coded to the car before some of the sophisticated functions will work.
  17. cliffcoggin
    If the car is in good shape and has been well cared for then I see no problem in driving there and back. However I would test its condition well in advance of the holiday by putting it under stress on a long fast drive of at least half an hour. That should reveal any defects to be sorted out before departure.
  18. cliffcoggin
    The chances are that the battery is faulty. Your simple voltage test is meaningless and tells you little about the battery's internal condition. If it is more than five years old it is worth replacing without further evidence or testing. I don't think it needs to be coded to the car at that age, but I am not certain so check with somebody knowledgeable.
  19. cliffcoggin
    I admire your patience Sharon. I would have given up on Audis long ago if I had suffered the company's deplorable customer care.
  20. cliffcoggin
    I don't know about an A5, but on any other car I would expect a way to reset the warning from the dashboard controls in case the pressures are altered.
  21. cliffcoggin
    Remember to press the contacts to ensure their springs are operating freely.
  22. cliffcoggin
    I would swap the wires over if possible. If the loom configuration does not allow that, I wonder if you have bought a loom for a left hand drive car.
  23. cliffcoggin
    That suggests that the engine is misfiring when cold. Time to get it tested or return it to the seller.
  24. cliffcoggin
    There is probably a bad connection in the bolb holder or further back at the plug. Disconnect and clean all the contacts, including the earth connection of the bolb holder.
  25. cliffcoggin
    The noise is probably the pads dragging lightly on the disc. Have the pads had a chance to bed in yet? If they have then I suspect that either the disc is warped or the caliper is not swivelling as it should.
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