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Hi have you checked the lift pump in the tank? Steve.

Hi Cliff I think we have had this conversation before, the parts aftermarket in real terms have actually become more reasonable but it still boils down to the fact that the whole unit is designed badly and guaranteed to fail sooner rather than later, my latest cab has a system whereby the washer fluid is sprayed from a separate nozzle at the top of the window and has no contact with the motor, therefore I have no real reason to believe the motor will fail during my ownership as has been the case with all the other cabs I have owned fitted with the same system, Audi seem to excel at building obsolescence in to various car parts especially the rear wiper motors, all for the sake of a £12.00 rubber grommet. Steve.

Hi why go to ECP there are plenty of offers on eBay which are much cheaper thats where mine all came from and if you do get a new unit please buy a new rubber spindle grommet, they go rock hard and shrink thats where the water gets in. Steve

Hi unless the units are Can bus error free you may have prblems. Steve.

Hi the gearbox inside the unit has nylon gears as Gareth said its water ingress which seizes the metal gearbox components and strips the nylon gears of their teeth, just buy a new unit they are cheap enough because you will only get away with re using the clips on the cover on the tailgate once as if you remove the trim twice they pop out and bend fairly easy job to do. Steve.

Hi try looking on YouTube they tend to have loads of videos on that sort of stuff including how to test the relay. Steve.

Hi you may well be able to just give the turbo a clean but absent any history of an EGR change that would be my prime suspect. Steve.

Hi you are better served going to a specialist and getting it repaired its much cheaper, as for Audi warranties they are printed on Andrex if you researched the site there are hordes of posters but the most obvious is the current one about the mild hybrid alternators gong bang, most of the dealers are not interested, Audi build quality and warranties have been heading down the urinal for about the last ten years. Steve.

Hi no problem, the term reconditioned is a broad church, but another thought has occurred to me that most turbo problems are caused by a failing EGR valve has yours ever been changed. Steve.

Hi if the car has high milage it could be the variable vanes on the exhaust side of the Turbo are becoming stuck with soot or its even possible the Turbo is failing. Steve.

Hi sounds like a thermostat from the symptoms you describe, its a pretty straight forward change I doubt the heater matrix wants flushing but it certainly wont do any harm. Steve

Hi it could well be the thermostat playing about the flow will be the same because of the bypass system if its only partially opening it may cause steam which vents through the expansion cap on the expansion tank. Steve.

Hi Sachs/LUK are the same company and are the only suppliers to most of the VAG group with the exception of Seat who use Valeo clutches on some models where the engines are SPA units. Steve.

Hi if you ever get the screen replaced you would have to get the camera re calibrated the whole system is rubbish as even in the summer if the screen area around the lens gets dusty it comes up with lane assist unavailable, then when you clean the screen it comes back, if I were you I would turn the thing off every time I drive, when I bought my new cab this year it came with a new certificate of calibration, lucky me is all it ever does is keep yanking the steering every time you cross the white line to overtake a parked car or when it really goes nuts is approaching a roundabout with graded cross hatch lines for lane control to filter left or right, if I thought for one minute that my driving would rely on this I would hand my licence back and buy a push bike, the cheapest route, is forget about it. Steve.

Hi ATE is good so we have to work back from there provided the spring clip is present the next thing is the plug that joins the the sensor cable to the loom, was this difficult to remove?, I had this recently where the plug was difficult to remove and the pins inside the female part of the plug [main loom] were displaced and corroded, cured this by buying a repair kit on eBay as this is apparently quite a common problem, I priced the upper loom which you can only buy from Audi at over £200, so I opted for the repair kit at £9.99 from a company called Just German Parts on eBay its a doddle to fit and just required soldering to the main loom, word of advice just twist the wires together before soldering to make sure you have the wires the right way round and the light is out. Steve.

Hi what brand of wear sensor did you use as a lot of the cheaper ones I have fitted have been like this because the little spring bit on the end where it fits to the pad is missing, if its not there thats what conducts the current so the light stays on. Steve.

Hi I can thoroughly endorse the Yara brand of adblue this is also available in good ole Halfords it is their own brand but is made by Yara which is one of the purest adblue on the market, I have been using it for a number of years with no problems, adblue is not pigs urine but a crystallised fertiliser that when mixed with water has the same effect in converting Nox1 particles [very nasty] in to Nox2 which is inert. Steve.

Hi the only thing to do now is suck it and see what happens, if you only use a quality adblue with an anti crystallisation additive you may well be all fine and dandy, did not realise how time sensitive your request was, the bit you researched was worrying from the point of view that it mentioned higher cat/dpf temperatures, this can be combated by using a fuel additive such as Dipetane which is a hydrocarbon based additive and makes the soot particles smaller and allows them to be burnt at a lower temperature, it also absorbs any water in the diesel and burns that as well, google it, it has many good reviews and is made in Ireland where some fuel suppliers already have it added to their fuel. Steve.

Hi like one of the posts on that site said once done it is irretrievably there, it might have been an idea to have posted a couple of days ago, personally I have never had any success with any Audi problem curing update, I have a theory that they are trying hard to limit the lifespan of the later diesel models to try and upgrade the possibility of electric car sales as they just are not selling, the other day I saw an 2022 Etron GT for sale second hand 36k on the clock £40,000, makes you wonder, what price was that new they seem to be a four wheeled Stockmarket crash. Steve.

Hi take the SD card out and buy an adaptor so you can view it on your PC. Steve.

Hi it does not make sense, if you have not already got a motor why do you want to buy one, it wont matter how many part sites we suggest you wont get a part number for it if it was not fitted in the first place as they all work on VIN numbers. Steve.

Hi Cliff well put but they are not snake oil just the stuff that comes out of the snakes rear end, any tuning box is eventual death for your engine, the best advice on this thread was LEAVE IT ALONE? Steve.

Hi the only way to find out is to get the car scanned for faults, this will give you a ballpark as to where the problem is, also it could be the throttle body or an injector or an airleak. Steve.

Hi there you go, a Damn sight cheaper than buying somebody else's worn out parts, well done. Steve.

Hi sounds as though the PCV valve might have ruptured its designed to only pass water and oil vapour and when it wont function correctly it will suck out engine oil and also introduce more air via the filler cap that would account for the rough idle, also check the injector seals in the rocker cover if they are oily that will contribute to oil loss as the PCV Valves sometimes block and pressurise the crankcase, easiest way to check is get the engine warm then unhook the hose from the PCV valve [circular item on top of the rocker cover], then get some kitchen towel and with. the engine running see what comes out. Steve.