Steve Q

Letter

Nice one :) let's hope there is nothing wrong so that you can enjoy your Audi :) 

2 hours ago, Patrico777 said:

Ah so good not worry about my dad got bmw 520d 2006 never had that ?? Is it only on newer cars ?this kind of regen?

Yep, only new cars. Anything made 2009 and onwards. They had to have the dpf and egr from 2009 to comply with the new emissions regulations 

Welcome to the forum Aimar :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

cheers

steve

Welcome to the forum Greg :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

the s1 will feel fast enough! It certainly is no louch. If you want more exclusivity then get the s1 as they are rarer, but obviously the s3 is bigger so more practical and is a lot more common :) 

hope iv helped :) 

cheers

steve 

1 hour ago, Patrico777 said:

Im going to audi need cambelt change so will tell them to check the fan if its that regen of dpf or what

Sounds good :) they'll be able to tell you easily :) 

but as I say I believe it's just a regen, and I say this as I worked for a Volkswagen service department ;) 

Glad it's sorted Paul :) 

3 minutes ago, Patrico777 said:

Yeah suddenly turns on and so hot air from exhaust tip and both fans running 

Yep sounds like dpf regeneration to me. If the fan stays on constantly whilst driving then I would suggest there is an issue with thermostat but I'd see how it goes :) 

Hey Stef welcome to the forum :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

iv had a look online for PDFs but with no proper success. My best advice and if it were me I'd buy one off eBay. As this will help when you come to sell the car on in the future :) 

cheers

steve

4 minutes ago, Patrico777 said:

I hope that ok that its doing it yes its diesel

I would suspect so from what you've described :) 

cheers

steve

Hey Geoff, 

i think the main problem is a lack of access to the rear of the lights. Fabricating a tool sounds like a good idea :) 

i don't think you can lubricate the back of the lights due to the nature of the electrics. 

Iv found this video, it may help :) 

iv been unable to find any pics of the headlight bulb holder, sorry. 

Hope iv helped :) 

cheers

steve

3 hours ago, Patrico777 said:

Hi I got audi a3 tdi 2011 s line black edition recently I went to work and suddenly fans turned on to cool the engine down ??? What could be the problem I stand behind car and felt very hot air coming out from exhaust, makes me worried.now somewhere on internet I was reading its dpf regenerating it self ??? 

I'm assuming your a3 is diesel and you would be right. I would say it's the dpf regenerating itself :) 

the car puts the fans on to keep the engine cool whilst it burns off the particulates from the dpf. It burns off the particulates from the exhaust when the exhaust is hot :) 

hope iv helped :) 

cheers

Steve 

On 17/09/2017 at 0:29 PM, A6mrc said:

Hi steve, the colours I'm thinking of are gloss white with black, black purple or gloss grey (ford st focus). 

Both are great colour choices :) 

unsure on the sub and amp, sorry. 

15 hours ago, adam88binks said:

Hi guys, 

Thanks again for allowing me on your stand today, i had a great time.

looking forward to the dyno day next month!

take it steady.

 

Binks

Was great to meet you Adam :) and I too am looking forward to the rolling road day next month! :) 

Welcome to the forum Dean :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

nice mods already :) to be honest I love thevwheels yout a6 is sitting on! :) 

what colour wrap are you going for? 

In terms of coilovers, generally the cheaper they are the worse they are. 

Cheers

steve 

12 hours ago, A6mrc said:

My audi A6 tfsi

Has a stage 2 mrc tune & milltek 

To do:

Wrap

20" Wheels 

Coilovers

Flat bottom steering wheel

Looks lovely :) 

Great day with great cars and great people! 

Was great to meet you all and I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did :) 

il be doing a show report over the next few days :) 

Welcome to the forum Jason :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

cheers

steve 

17 minutes ago, Rob82DZL said:

Ha ha you and me both! 🤔😊

38 minutes ago, niedzial1983 said:

I just realised i need to be up by 4.30am tomorrow !!!😲😲😲

Not meaning to rub it in, but that's why I stayed over! 😛

Right. 

Think we are all ready for show time! 

Those that are joining my brother and I for breakfast we are meeting at 7am at the premier inn in Chippenham. You can't miss us we will be in Audiownersclub.com t shirts. 

Remember for those not meeting us for breakfast, ideally you need to be at the track for 7:30 to be on the club display. I suspect we will get away wilth later but don't quote me on that. 

I will then be giving members there vehicle passes but please note this is first come first served as I have 12 passes (think this should be enough anyway) 

oh and I will be giving you all FREE audiownersclub.com stickers :) 

Those members who have let Trevor or I know your t shirt size - Trevor should be  bringing your t shirts when he arrives at 10am. Again these are FREE :) 

cheers all and see you in the morning! I'm now going to have a couple of drinks from the bar :) 

2 hours ago, Paul A6 said:

Lmao that's brilliant! 😂 

14 minutes ago, niedzial1983 said:

Silly question . How long the is the event for ? All day? I woukd probably need to leave around 1-2pm 

It's an all dayer I believe 

3 hours ago, Riccardo said:

Knight rider series (I think they mad a movie to lol?)

How could I forget that! 

1 hour ago, Paul A6 said:

Smokey and the Bandit i thought the Trans Am was such a cool car back in 77 

Now that's a good shout! :) 

1 hour ago, niedzial1983 said:

All clean . Ready for rain  😂😂😂

Mine will get cleaned later before the long drive lol 😂 

53 minutes ago, scott_a03 said:

All,

I appreciate that this thread goes back some what and some of you may have already forked out to repair your vehicles but hopefully this will help others. 

I took my A4 into the Audi store earlier this week after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment.

My malfunction light has been on for some time and there has been an intermittent smell of burning coming from the exhaust on shorter haul journeys along with noticable increase in heat when at the rear of the car. The error code was showing a lambda probe issue.

I had to pick my car up again from Audi the same day and have just dropped it off this morning.

By some very convenient coincidence I came home yesterday to a Service Action letter from Audi relating to EA 189 Diesel Engines - It's a goodwill policy following the Nox "fix" for all exhaust components. Which includes EGR, Injection System, Emissions After Treatment, Lambd probe, temperature sensor, EGR changeover valve, exhaust gas re circulation valve, exhaust re circulation pressure differential sensor,  injector, high pressure pump, fuel rail, pressure control value, pressure sensor and high pressure pipelines.

Essentially, Audi appear to start admitting that this "fix" causes significant issues for a portion of the cars which it has been applied to.

My car is back in today and I'm just waiting to see what they come back with!!

If any of you want a copy of the letter - please feel free to contact me.

Cheers,

Scott 

Hi Scott, I find this very interesting as when I worked at a Volkswagen service department we had a lot of cars come with failed egr valves and egr coolers! 

Agter that watch dog program I don't think the vag group can hide the problems anymore!

Please keep us posted on joe you get on. 

Cheers

steve