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Hi try Valeo specific fit Aero flat, normally the cheaper kits come with multiple adaptor to fit most cars its just a case of working out which adapter suits your wiper arm, specific fit all only fit your vehicle. Steve.

Hi the Adblue filler is next to the fuel filler its circular and made of plastic with a 17mm plastic bolt on the top, if its the filler flap that won't open there is an emergency release red cable behind the boot trim that side. Steve.

Hi there is video for the light unit removal on you tube, just plumb in Audi Q7 matrix headlight removal its a 2017 model so it can't be that different as they only fitted these to 2016 up models the one I worked on was a 2015 with HID FISH EYE lenses. Steve.

Hi the only way to get to the back covers is remove the headlight assembly, remove silly trim panel over the light which is held on with a twist clip, remove the two screws that secure the unit, pull out light so you can remove wiring connector and remove the unit, the ballasts are attached to the rear covers which need to be unscrewed and pulled away from the connectors, then remove the covers and get going with the hair dryer, when reassembling coat the gaskets with silicon grease and put the thing back together. Steve.

Hi my impression of refurbished would be new seals and pistons and then a repaint, hey-ho thats just me. Steve.

Hi the front bumpers will be the same on the estate as they are on the saloon, they have not got that finicky with the body parts yet and along as its a year either side of your one they should fit its only rear bumpers that are a bit different, give you an example I was after driveshafts for mine and most of the monkeys will say what side do you need when both shafts are exactly the same size but have a different letter at the end of the part number which is designed to scare the crap out of the average buyer as I said before the letters are just year designations. Steve.

Hi please let the forum know how you get on. Steve.

Hi unfortunately the only definitive way to find out is to have the car scanned for codes, hazard a guess it may well be an injector BUT without codes who knows. Steve.

Sounds like a belt tensioner or alternator clutch. Steve.

Hi sensible option, these days I no longer find laying on concrete whilst trying to juggle one and a half tons of metal on axle stands a going proposition especially when you can go in, pay the man and drive home without multiple abrasions and feeling like you have been run down by a bus, sweet. Steve.

PS mounts on eBay Febi around £70.00

Hi the units are not that expensive, DIY is possible but you will need two robust trolley jacks and a nice wide piece of wood to support the engine on one of the jacks, to my mind a garage with a four post ramp is a better proposition as it looks as though its very accessible from the picture and they will have a hydraulic cradle to support the engine whilst standing upright to do the job. Steve.

Hi Um just about sums it up, the only original Mann filter you will get thats made in Germany is the one thats fitted when the car was built, anything aftermarket in a Mann box comes from CHINA where Mann Hummel have moved their production to and of course the Chinese are doing their usual and substituting the build material with cheaper cotton based material in an effort to make more money, in the European manufacturing plant in Germany random test sampling every five hundred units is common and it is common knowledge the Chinese don't subscribe to this practice, Mercedes have started getting their filters from the Chinese plant and have had problems for which they have absolved themselves of responsibility as the filters are produced outside the E.U., but they are cheap!. Steve.

Hi if you have the old units they should have a code on them which you can replicate on to the new injectors using VCDS/Snap on diagnostic units. Steve.

Hi its a Hydro mount for the engine, these are oil filled and when the rubber reservoir deteriorates they start to loose oil, yours does not look terminal yet but it will need changing as they only get worse and you will experience a lot of engine vibration. Steve.

Hi Mann filters are from the same factory as Hengst and Mahle and usually are only purchased by those with a passion for badge engineering and a desire to spend to much money, Hengst are fitted O.E.

Hi Bosch,Hengst,Blueprint,Mahle, not used any others but these seem to work very well on my high milage cab. Steve.

Hi chances are its the battery especially if its the original there is no point in paying for tests as on a private vehicle the battery will only probably last four years, stop start function restriction is normally the early sign of battery failure and the brake servo restriction won't have anything to do with that, my battery is over five years old but being as I use the car as a taxi it never gets less than a hundred miles of charging a day, living on borrowed time, probably. Steve.

Hi get the gearbox service done first chances are its bad oil or a blocking filter, its the cheapest route but before any of this get it scanned for error codes. Steve.

Hi the only problem I can see with the retrofit system is you will have to find a good way of hiding the ballast boxes and wiring as if you have not a very liberal mot tester [rarer than rocking horse manure] you will fail on sight, no washers and levelling as well, try the Philips dipped beam bulbs first. Steve.

Hi could be roll bar bushes they might be a bit cruddy the rubber they use is absolute garbage, changing mine soon for Powerflex poly bushes .

Hi try Philips Diamond vision bulbs they are far brighter than standard the retrofit labs conversion works superbly but only if you have the fish eye lenses if you try and fit the whole kit it involves trying to bore accurate holes in the existing reflector which is very hit and miss the other thing is you would have to fit washer ports that work and self levelling units to the suspension to comply with current mot regs, other than that try and source some bi xenon units which will involve recoding and another light control module which will also need recoding as well again the headlamp washers and levelling devices, try the suggested bulbs its cheaper and a worthwhile upgrade. Steve.

Nope wrong dimensions, all the spacings for the driven pressure plate and pressure plate will be different especially the release bearing throw out, distance it has to travel to release the clutch. Steve.

No worries there I have a Mac Airbook, Macs don't get viruses never had any trouble with that in five years of ownership, it tells me which are not safe sites if I am looking for something and I am not quite sure what your using but you shouldn't have to give permission to download something from a safe website like this one, so in essence you are trying to say this websites firewalls are rubbish so you can't trust it, I think you might be better served with an up to date operating system or a Mac. Steve.

Hi Gareth your right about taking the future for granted, old cab colleagues have been dropping like flies, I am now working on the theory that past fifty we all have one foot in the grave and the other foot on a big bar of soap. Steve.