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Hi no when idling the pressure plate assembly takes any slack from the flywheel, as soon as it starts to decrease the pressure thats when the flywheel can start making noises. Steve.

Hi if you go on the Bilstein website they have uprated and lowered suspension but to my mind I would just use B6s as this gives you much better handling without having all the suspension geometry altered to accommodate lowering springs on a standard ride height car, ignore the sticker. Steve.

Hi Al great result having got the bit between your teeth you have succeeded a lesson for us all, just shows you the disciplines of your electrical knowledge can be applied to mechanical issues and save you money doing it yourself, well done. Steve.

Hi it should be a lot less please report back your findings, I have found it to be excellent and am doing about 900 miles a week as a taxi so therefore I felt in a small way qualified to give my opinion on what I thought best, I never recommend a product unless I have really tried it and we are talking months and many miles, I wish you luck. Steve.

Hi all chip boxes normally work on the same principle they fool the fuel rail temp sensor in to thinking the car is running cold so the ECU tells the injection system to run richer to warm the engine quicker, the result of this is constant over fuel which will wash the cylinders and then head into the sump and contaminate the oil. Steve.

Hi yes but try unplugging the MAF on top of the airbox first. Steve.

Hi I have been around cars many years and never been a fan of extended service intervals that are north of 10k, I am privileged to know a few car engineers who work for manufacturers one of whom took me as a guest to an engine oil producers main testing lab for their products, the one thing I learned was that modern engine oil is far better than say twenty years ago but the common denominator is the oil turning black, a lot of this is carbon which the oil suspends to render it harmless, this carbon which is abrasive in oils having done over 10k will start to become critical so imagine that lot in another 9k on top, better to have lots of services and a non worn engine, far better selling point, in essence if you can't do the service at 9k and it runs 1500 miles past no big deal. Steve.

Hi try unplugging the MAF sensor and if it runs better thats whats wrong, recently had that with my car and had to change the MAP MAF DPF sensor as they are all connected it only takes one to be wonky to throw the whole lot out. Steve.

Hi yes that bit is only changeable between 9k/18k so you can't delete that, personally I prefer 9k intervals as by then the filters are knackered and from experience I have found it best policy to change oil/filters at that milage please see the filter on the left after 9k you will get the general idea about the filth that accumulates within that milage. Steve.

Hi the inspection will always be at different intervals, the inspection is where they walk all round the car trying to invent things to do with graphic pictures of brake pads that are 50% worn and any clips missing from the shielding underneath, which they didn't put back when they serviced it, then you will have the suspension bushes look worn, this is all in the name of drumming up work with labour charges at £100+, the easiest thing to do is using either VCDS or OBD ELEVEN go in to the menu and reset the inspection milage to 00 in each box as I did anti never appears again, I did mine at 60k and it now has over 160k and still no sign of the inspection warning, as Gareth said why are you using a main dealer. Steve.

Hi I use my A6 as a cab and when you get large cooler bags and a mix of flight bags and big suitcases that strap has saved my bacon a couple of times especially when the shopping contains bottles of wine it stops it flying around the boot when cornering, and believe me when I say they take a lot of action. Steve.

Hi I think you are paying extra for the different seats and the badges, check the power outputs and I bet near as damn they are the same. Steve.

Hi the code you have is for low fuel pressure which is normally one of the pumps but being as you have changed them that rules them out I think the noise you have is the fuel pressure solenoid on the fuel rail these rattle when worn and won't hold the pressure in the fuel rail. Steve.

Hi only if you buy the control module as well and then recode it to your car with VCDS. Steve.

Hi its an opinion based on FACT not something thats come off of YouTube, allied to the fact that the opinion comes from myself who uses more Adblue/oil in a year than you would in ten years its a fair probability that having had no problems with either and the poster has the same car, it will work well. Steve.

Hi there are a world of aftermarket alleged upgrades most will cause some sort of problem weak mixture/ overfuel during cold weather etc, if you look at the manufacturers point of view why spend loads of money developing a system that works when you could use cheaper cone filters and silicone pipework and spend more on wide band sensors to cope with the fluctuations of that system. Steve.

Hi the information I gave came from a BMW technician and most types of higher purity adblue already has anti crystal additive in it, BUT as it ages it loses its protection that is why most manufacturers recommend a complete drain down and flush every two years for low milage vehicles. Steve.

Hi you have to wait for the light to come on then add ten litres, personally I have found the best one is Yara from Halfords and apparently is the purest available, its in 3.5 litre pouches and its spout system ensures minimal spill unlike a lot of the brands I have used, leaving it until the light is on ensures you have used the existing fill and helps prevent crystals which kills the system. Steve.

Hi on your year of car deleting the DPF is not that big a deal, first came across Cordierite with one of my early cabs MK4 Mondeo, bought an aftermarket DPF for £600, it was a bit of a faf getting it adapted to the car but it went in eventually, BUT it then proceeded to regenerate every 40 miles not good, tried everything but no joy, finally contacted Ford who announced they did refurbished units with a years warranty £360 so I bought one, another 100k and two years no problems, enquired with a Ford tech from Dunton and he explained the difference between OE and aftermarket, on the aftermarket units the soot/ash accumulation chambers are smaller allied to the cordierite core it tells the ECU its blocked or like mine does about 20 regens a night. Steve.

Hi was it an original DPF or aftermarket as over my lifetime I have witnessed a host of problems with the aftermarket variety mainly because aftermarket use cordierite cores rather than SIC cores cordierite is cheaper and more dense which makes the pressure sensor think its blocked. Steve.

Hi someone has changed the wiring to bypass the standard foglight circuit so somewhere further up the wiring the live is obtained from a pulse signal from the indicator/steering angle module this has effectively turned the fogs into cornering lights, the modules you describe are possibly can bus links, I also think its worth checking the DRLs as a lot of this stuff uses a can bus link from them to power that type of stuff, its a real problem when an unknown has wired in a load of Chinese junk on the cheap, you can tell that by the use of scotch lock to join the wiring anyone who is even halfway proficient with wiring will tell you those things expose the unsheathed wire to the elements which then causes corrosion which creeps under the sheathing and causes conductivity issues, a genuine good job would be soldered and then shrink tubed after the same as the joints either side of the module, unless you are cute with reading wiring diagrams I fear you may need an auto electrician to sort this one. Steve.

Hi sorry to state the obvious but would you not be better asking the company you buy the unit from as they should be able to advise/supply the appropriate hose. Steve.

Hi have you tried checking that the foglight bulbs work as on a car that age the units are possibly corroded which would cause problems via bad earth with the other lights. Steve.

Hi think its under the centre console by the gear stick most of the yaw sensors and lateral acceleration sensors are mounted on the centre line of the car and will be grouped in the same housing. Steve.

Hi you could try Nexen NFera in a 101 Y I use these on my cab and have had good milage and even wear, funny thing is I was badgered into using Michellin Primacy last time and they lasted 4k less than the Nexen tyres which as a pair are a third less expensive. Steve.