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Thanks Steve, sounds like good advice.

My wife’s car developed condensation internally. We could not find the source until we lifted the boot spare wheel lid. The spare wheel well was full of water. When we checked, the rubber expandable conduit running between the actual body of the car on the top of the tailgate into the tailgate was lifted slightly off the body of the car, so all the water running off the roof, instead of running down the side of the tailgate and off the car was running into the car and down into the well where the spare tire should be. It just required pushing back in firmly so that it sat properly.

FIXED... Sorry for slow response but been busy... It was the High pressure fuel pump as I suspected this time. Swapped it out and and hey presto it started. PF Jones did the best price (UK) on a new unit, I used Darkside developments for PRV (pressure regulating valve) but any good diesel specialist should be able to get you a Bosch OEM part. P0087 (low fuel rail pressure) at full throttle was fixed by swapping the PRV (N276). So it turns out these newer valves will only take one fitting...If removed and refitted they will trigger P0087 at full throttle, ask me how I know 😒...I borrowed a known working valve (from a friend🫤) when mine wouldn't start and when refitted to donor car it caused the same P0087 I had been experiencing since the original injector failure prior to the pump failing on mine. The high pressure pump suffered a non catastrophic failure, the valves/adjusters (see diagram in earlier posts) had stuck shut while it was running, seems impossible but that was the issue. I removed and stripped the pump down, once cleaned I managed to get them free and fuel flowing but since it would only be a matter of time for them to either stick again or the pump grenade (150K miles) I opted for a new unit. Any questions on CR diesel 3.0 TDI Audi's I'd like to think I can help since I checked just about everything...

Many thanks for the additional information Paul. If you expect (and plan for) Audi using any means of getting under a snakes belly with a top hat on, in an attempt to avoid paying any contribution, you won’t be disappointed. Based on the above, I’ve attempted to summarise as follows - warts and all - some of this results in more questions, but:- You bought the car new from Audi Yeovil, but they haven’t subsequently seen the car for regular servicing. You have used an independent to service the car, even during its 3 year warranty period. That independent has only used genuine Audi service parts, and only oils that can be proved to meet Audi specification -? Has the independent registered these services on Audi’s computer service record? If not, do you have itemised copies of all services carried out? When was it last serviced and at what mileage, and when did the cambelt fail in relation to both service mileage and date? Can you confirm the independent is VAT registered? Have your dealings with Audi Customer Services been recorded in writing? A detached viewpoint:- Due to the car having covered only short trip mileages over the last couple of years, coupled with the fact that the S/S has always been deployed, this belt has had a hammering over its short journeys and regular s/s restarts, compared with if it had been used for regular long distance use. Having said that, it should have been capable of withstanding this use. I hope all of this doesn’t present too gloomy a picture, but as I see it, you have lost valuable browny points by not having a ‘genuine’ Audi servicing history. I think your mechanic is absolutely right in not touching it at the moment, but you have to consider how long it’s likely to take you to reach a situation of receiving any contribution from Audi, while the vehicle remains dormant. I genuinely wish you good luck with this since it should not have happened. Perhaps you could come back to us Paul with the answers to the above. Kind regards, Gareth.

You could contact the motoring ombudsman but this is a slow process. The car is 6 years old, the old schedule used to be to change the belt at 5 years. Which is probably why Audi aren't interested.

My concern here is why ha e you had to pay for the Audi software. Surely as an Audi specialist they should have this already, or make the investment voluntarily. Technically you've invested in the business as they can use that software on other cars too.

Hi the only thing I would personally change is the glow plugs, as for the loom just get it checked in other words if it isn't broken don't fix it, the glow plugs are probably well past their sell by date and well worth changing as they contribute a lot to engine function especially on start up on colder days as it stops unburnt fuel from killing the catalyst. Steve.

Probably too much hassle to the sales guy to amend the order system 🤔😐😂

Definitely

Why would they question you?! My older a 6 has a similar interior colour (platinum grey) and it's lovely.

Very nice 👍

Hi everyone I'm looking to get both the dpf & egr removed or deleted which ever is better,( I've got error code P2002 plus been advised by Audi specialists my egr cooler has gone & the dpf, well who needs to replace one of those) but looking for somewhere reliable to do the work, any suggestions? I can get it done round the corner from me but just have a feeling about the company that I just dont trust them. Oh any ideas on how much it will be. Thanks for any and all responses