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Welcome to the forum Rick :) youll find the members on here are a friendly bunch and will help you where they can :) cheers steve

I have seen these fitted to a3s. Normally people fit them near to the blanking plates on the centre console on the dash. Normally above the radio if that makes sense. Im unsure if you have to update the software but I believe you plug it in the back of the radio. Cheers steve

Thanks Trevor :) glad you enjoyed reading it and glad it wasn't boring :) couldnt agree more! Cars are meant to be driven! And I just hope I have inspired other to take road trips. Especially those who have older Audis. As iv proven it can be done in older, high mileage cars :) Thanks :) the car is sweet as a nut! And my brother and I are planing the next one already to Germany! No exact dates sorted though due to other planned holidays and cruises :) il keep you posted :) cheers steve

See my comment on the other thread. Get a stage 1 remap done on your car and forget about it.

I haven't read all of the posts on this forum so forgive me. I'm commenting as I've read of lots of people's experiences and have too received a letter today telling me to take my car in for the recall. That certainly won't be happening. The recall is a "fix" not an upgrade and certainly not a legal requirement. What I believe they are doing is forcing the car to meet the same emissions standards in long term use as they forced it to meet when it was first tested and detected the testing equipment plugged in. In order to decrease the emissions the performance and economy will be worse. I imagine that they are also making the egr valve do things it was never designed to do hence it failing. If it were me I would be taking it straight a loca tuner and getting a stage 1 remap with egr delete done. It isn't expensive and will transform your car. Until Audi admit fault I don't see another option.

Hi thanks and sorry for the late reply I've been very busy at work. I've been working on the car for about a year I bought it with a blown oil pump and completely rebuilt engine with updated oil pump new shells and rings all arp hardware new amc head, gtb2260 turbo conversion, 4bar map sensor, egr delete, dpf delete, swirlflap delete, dark side front mount inter cooler, dark side full stainless Steel exhaust, dark side remap, uprated Sachs clutch and dual mass flywheel. The list goes on I've never added it all together I think it would frighten me lol. Ive also just bought a dress front bumper but not sure if I will get it on car in time for show but I will try. 😀

Hello Darren and Dan, Sorry to bother you both, but I find this interesting, if only from the point that it exposes my ignorance of the detail of such things! Now you chaps know what you are talking about here, and my experience extends only as far as cleaning EGR valves on BMW engined Rovers and Land Rover, and with Dan's explanation it becomes clear that this must be the old fashioned clean-it-stick-it back-on/blank -it -off type. Nice and simple, and I like simple! Latest generation VAG ones might be more complex and sensor controlled then, and if so, is this where the issues are throwing themselves up following these recalls? If so, would you have any ideas as to what actually goes wrong with the EGR valve that warrants changing it , and why would whatever they do during the recall has such a bad effect on it? Would I be right Darren in understanding that if you have the engine remapped, it is possible to do something to over ride these issues, and if so, would such remapping be able to be done on the generation of engines now subject to recall? Where I getting to is, would it be useful for owners of cars now giving problems after recalls (EGR valve-wise) to have their cars remapped (cheaper?) rather than paying to have new EGR valves fitted? Over to you good folks, since I believe you are never too old to learn! Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Kathryn, Very sorry to hear if your problems. I will return to try to offer some comment in a moment. Meanwhile. To Administrators:- I'm sure this topic is of the vital importance to many Audi owners at this time, yet the topic is relegated to near the bottom of the forum listing. My personal view is that it should be near "top of the shop", and ideally boldly prefixed with something like "Please read before subjecting your car to an emissions recall". Appreciating that this forum cannot/should not? offer specific advice on whether to or not, but I feel it would be useful for owners faced with this to have prominent access to the exoeriences of others before making their own decision whether to submit it or not. I'm sure whatever bum-covering wording that may be necessary, can be decided. Hopefully this will be taken as constructive (criticism) with the aim of suggested modifications assisting Audi owners with this issue. To Kathryn, Sorry Kathryn, I did say I would come back to you! You will be able to judge by the experiences of others who have posted on here whether your issue turns out to be in line with others. If unfortunately so, my recommendation would be to ensure that everything that happens from here is done/confirmed in writing - E-mails would be fine - and even e-mail them back with your interpretation of any telephone conversations you have with anyone. OK, so worse possible senario is you will have to pay for whatever work they consider necessary to return the car to the serviceable condition it was in before they carried out this recall. If you do, ensure you inform them in writing that you are doing so under protest and believe whatever is wrong is as a result of the work you had done at the recall. I would not have this work done anywhere other than at the dealer would carried out the recall. When all is fixed, I would inform them that you intend to apply to the Small Claims Court to recover all monies paid to them ( plus any out of pocket expenses) unless you are in receipt of full reimbursement within 14days. This may be considered a little extreme, but unfortunately you are now at a point of no return ( through no fault of your own) and judging by the experiences of others you are going to have to spend to get back to where you were. My best advice would be to ensure that you keep all your roads open to allow the least complicated route to trying to recoupe whatever you can from this. Good luck with whatever happens from here. Kind regards, Gareth.

Exactly Trevor! This is why the better half and I take cruises!