Steve Q

Nice one Phil glad you're still getting around :) I've been naughty and not even brought the a6 out in this weather. My daily has coped alright though. 

On 2/28/2018 at 2:53 PM, Paul A6 said:

please say i`m not the only person here to forget to change from water to cold weather washer bottle replacement, yep i have frozen pipes lol

Oh no! Well.im having an interesting time to be fair. My Ford escort lost coolant completely and my dailys washers froze up. Not even brought the a6 out in the snow or cold weather to be honest. 

Hi Craig, I'll move this topic to the Q3 section as that's probably the best place for it. 

Unfortunately I won't be able to help though as I don't know much about auto electrics I'm affraid. 

Cheers 

Steve

Welcome to the forum Graham, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

Don't forget to check out the forum etiquette thread :) 

Cheers

Steve

5 hours ago, Riba said:

They are discouraging ownership of old cars. Actually it is very expensive to own any kind of car over there, but they do have an excellent public transport as an alternative.

I believe this policy makes Singapore one of the top exporters of used cars in the world.

Wow I can see why if they try and discourage you from having an older car! 

Welcome to the forum Gary, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

Sorry this topic hasn't been responded to yet. If you don't want to take it to Audi then id advise taking your Audi to an independent specialist or auto electrician as it could take a while to find the poor earth. As a guess I'm wondering if a loose component is moving under hard acceleration which is causing the short. Hope that makes sense.

Cheers

Steve

Welcome to the forum Gnaneswar, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

I'm sorry this topic hasn't been responded to yet. It's very odd your tyres we're on 50psi! 

Here's a link to a thread ibe done for tyre pressures. 

Hope it's useful :) 

Cheers

Steve

14 minutes ago, Sheps31 said:

I have done my usual and am upselling myself lol

I am going to hold on for a while to get more money in the coffers and get the 313bhp quattro with lower miles

When i was in the Audi show room the other day I was drooling over the R8 and RS6....... Drooooooooool

They are lovely cars! But unfortunately out of reach for most of us. I have to say quattro is ideal in this weather! And your doing the wise thing, the more money you have the nicer car you can get :) 

It's definitely a common problem of vag cars from this era as vag fitted foam inserts between the wing and wheel arch liner. Obviously the foam absorbs the water and causes the wings to rust. The a3, a4 and a6 were affected. To rectify it properly you'll need new wings however I'd wait until summer. 

Cheers

Steve

3 minutes ago, Paul A6 said:

about 2 inchs of snow overnight in Hampshire and everything comes to a stand still schools closed my clients cancel so no earnings today :{ sucks to be self employed

Same here, I won't be making money today either. My wife and I were both heading to two different houses this morning in market harborough and just couldn't get there. We got half way and cars were stuck and skidding. Predominantly BMWs! Good job we went in convoy really. Still looking after my gran today though as the roads aren't as bad. But it's started snowing again to be fair. 

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On top of this I believe Audi did a recall for water ingress into the boot. Which included changing the rear window, seals and rear lights. But I'm unsure on the exact models affected and can't seem to find too much info about it. Sorry. 

Cake

Welcome to the forum Jamie, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

I suspect your a6 has headlight washers and obviously in the cold weather it's frozen whilst spraying and got stuck open. Not fully sure how to put it back in but I wouldn't push it in case it breaks. It might be worth you pouring warm water on it and the all the other nozzels and then activate the washers to see if that fixes it. 

Cheers

Steve

10 hours ago, Sheps31 said:

He said in a Quattro the car hesitates when you put your foot down as it determines how much power to put through each wheel.

Ah, got ya. I can see where he's coming from but I think in most real life scenarios it won't be too much of an issue. Especially if you're over taking tractors and lorries etc. 

Have you decided on having quattro then? 

Welcome to the forum will, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

I believe when water starts to get in to the boot it gets into the wiper motor and eventually breaks it. Think you'll need a new motor to be honest. But it's worth you checking the wiring hasn't corroded which could have caused it to stop working. 

Cheers

Steve

Welcome to the forum Debbie, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

My advice would be to get a diagnostic check carried out to see what fault codes flag up. I will suspect it may require ban auto electrician to fix the problem. 

Sorry I can't help more.

Cheers

Steve

Welcome to the forum Mat, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

It's off that the car is not flagging up any fault codes as id argue bit isn't normal. Has it been happening more lately in this cold weather? If it is happening in the warm then questions do need to be asked. 

However to be on the safe side you could always get a compression test carried out. I'd also watch your oil level as the petrol engines have been known to burn oil. Often the repair that is required is new pistons etc! This is a worst case scenario though. 

Cheers

Steve

16 hours ago, Nutty Pete said:

was it New Tricks ?

Correct Pete! 

Here's a new one :)

Train

Maybe I'm just a stick in the mud then as I feel changing a manufacturers badge or grill as a no no as you loose your usp as people know your product either by the badge or the grill. Especially important when you debadge it ;) 

Sorry I'm about confused, what is as quick in fwd compared to quattro? 

Needless to say I can't see it making much of a difference when over taking with fwd or quattro unless you're driving in snow or other bad weather of course. 

Lol you're correct Paul! :) 

I think you're finding these too easy! Here's another Audi from a British crime drama. The clue is that one of the detectives drove a green triumph stag. 

Excuse the poor picture quality, I was struggling to upload this one! 

Id never let go of the steering wheel in my opinion regardless of weather conditions. Let go of the accelerator and drive in the highest gear possible is the main advice. 

My key question would be, what road were you driving on to go 30mph? If there's ice and snow I always venture on the side of caution unless I know the roads clear. 

Cheers

Steve

Gritters, what are they? I can't say I've seen any whilst I've been out in this weather!