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I'm just wondering if there are other A3 owners that have had issues with the fuel rail/fuel rail bolts? My car is currently with Audi as the fuel rail bolts have backed out of the fuel rail and damaged the seals. The day it happen I had only driven roughly 2 miles. 1 mile to shops, 1 mile home. It was the mile home were the cabin filled with the smell of fuel and, drained all my fuel and the engine cut out requiring the car to be towed home. Audi mechanics are claiming it's a wear and tear issue. I did some research as I wanted to understand the issue before paying the bill, I found people having the same issue but with different brands, Skoda, Volkswagen, Seat (all of which are owned by Volkswagen). It seems to be vehicles built between 2015-2018 with 1.2/1.4 engines. Audi has also had recalls in Europe for fuel rail bolt issues but for A4/A5/A6. I have spoke to Audi UK as I wanted more information as to how often this occurs, to highlight the issue as it could be a fire risk and to ask why other models had recalls but not the A3. The overall outcome was they can only trust the mechanics who looked at the car because a recall isn't currently in place for the A3. Any information would be greatly appreciated as I'm just trying to understand the issue.

When I picked up the car a few weeks ago, I knew there was a long list of things I needed to do to get it how I wanted it . One of the things that bugged me ( apart from the tonka toy ride height via the wrong wheels ) was the front bumper. I did like it but in I discovered whilst it 'looked ' like an RS4 bumbper, it was in fact a replica. To be fair it has been painted well, the fogs work and it is a good fit but as you did deeper you can see small things that could be improved. So in a search for a front lip spoiler I came across a myriad of spoilers, some terrible ebay specials and knockoff's. I found TRC who do a fab version , alas it is pattern matched to the RS4 bumper which is obviously a different shape at the sides and middle but I thought with a bit of fettling I could make it work so it arrived the other day and I got to fitting it. This is the car before The fittings they supplied were superb and it is predrilled. Using mainly bolts I got the spoiler fixed on the sides and then wondered how to fit the middle as there was a gap. But using a little bit of ingenuity used long bolts and black silicon hose as spacers and looks almost factory 🙂 So here it is all done. May not be to everyone's taste which is fair but I personally love it . oh and also did my pressed plates at the same time

Exactly the same happened to me this week on my 66 plate 1.4 A3. Bolts sheared on the fuel rail and fuel started leaking out and engine wouldn’t start( also at the supermarket!). As I’m out of warranty I took it to an independent mechanic I know who couldn’t work out how this had happened. Worth letting Audi know?

a very clean example of a d2,id love to buy it but by the time i get it back here to ireland and the government hammer me for vrt[vehicle registration tax]it would be near 5k,best of luck with the sale though,greg.

Good luck with the sale David, looks a very tidy example.