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Hi Everyone, thought I’d say hi! Just bought my first Audi, a 2016 A6 Allroad and I love it, what a brilliant car.

Thanks Stephen, Regrettably £110/hr. at substantial garages is about the norm. - whether we like it or not, and whether we can afford it or not - it is what it is. Options:- DIY. Some owners have the tools, equipment and knowledge to carryout most repairs on their vehicles. We on here, recommend sources of good value parts at reasonable prices, so overall costs are kept as low as possible. The level of DIY capabilities will obviously vary, so inevitably some repairs will need to be contacted out. Contracting out:- the smaller the garage, the lower the overheads, and consequently the lower the hourly rate. Local knowledge and asking about if the only way in which anyone is going to find such garages in their particular areas. Recommendations are great if you can find them. Least cost route:- find a local one man band fitter who does such jobs. Again only found via. local knowledge and enquiries. Hope this explains where we can be at with this Stephen. Summary:- find a local one man repairer who is prepared to do this at say c£50/hr. max. Ask if you can supply the parts. Kind regards, Gareth.

Evening to you both. Thank you for taking the time to reply to the thread, it is genuinely appreciated. The car has done quite a few miles and I’ve accepted the issues as wear and tear. It’s been absolutely perfect up to this point! It is a VAG specialist garage that has told me the parts are out of stock in the UK. There may be aftermarket sources but they wouldn’t use them. Hopefully I hear something this week and I can get the car back on the road and get back to enjoying the car! Matt

Hi £1600 is not a bad price if thats with the parts its a horrible job believe me I have watched it twice on my A6 and can honestly say if I had seen the video of the change I would never have bought the car, I bashed my credit card both times to get it done, unfortunately if you buy an Audi you join the owners club along with the exorbitant prices for parts, personally I am glad I am now out of ownership and have a VW Passat in which I have covered 17k since February without a murmur and the parts are about a third of the price, I.E. full clutch LUK £450 + £250 to fit, welcome to the real world, before £1600 for the parts + £600 to fit. Steve.

Pressure sensor changed, going to take it for a run & see how it performs & use it through the week for work to see if, 1 it works & 2 it works consistently in different conditions ie low speed, high speed etc. I'm thinking it may need regassing.... I will report back

Thank you

Thanks Gareth, New picture attached below :-

Upto £4K 🤷🏻

Thanks Gareth but,, the next day I took it to work and parked on the path. End of shift everything as it should.. The day after and up to now 18th everything still up as normal.. No idea what happened few days ago but everything being left as is. Thanks Renato Newcastle

Stephen. Whether the prices you mentioned are reasonable or not is irrelevant. The fact is those are the going rates, so if you can not, or will not, pay them the only option I see for you is to learn to fix the clutch yourself. Naturally that will involve purchasing some expensive tools and equipment, then attending some sort of training course so you know what and how the tasks are performed, and finally you will need premises on which to do the work. Does that put the garage costs into perspective?

Thanks folks, will try this and see. Appreciate the advice! And will let you know the end outcome Thanks.

Hello James, Bit of a tall order that someone still has a bulky set of alloys left more than 5 years after advertising the parts, and over 2 years since the later poster posed a question - and didn’t have any response. How did you find this post, and did you realise how old it was?

Hi Dave thanks for the advice, it was the crankshaft sensor. after waiting for almost 2 months for the part to arrive it has fixed the issue. i have been driving for almost a month now and no issue. Thanks