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Hi I have always found that best policy is replace both as that way you are guaranteed to get the offending unit, unfortunately you can't re lubricate the bearings as they are sealed units the outside seal contains the speed sensor ring, the job itself is not to bad and your garage will love you forever if you go the extra £ and buy the bearings with the hub flange already fitted as that saves the labour on pressing the old one out. The grease in the bearings dries out over time/milage if you consider the age of your car its a testament to the build quality of the bearings. Steve.

Hi I would say then it is probably a dry wheel bearing possibly front as you say it changes when you swap lanes, a knackered bearing would get noisier when you steer left or right, dry bearings only make noise in a straight line. Steve.

Hi looking at it on my parts system it does come up as a one piece unit for that part number, have a look at eBay item number 393394784912 it is not cheap but about £150 in labour it still won't come anywhere near £1500. Steve.

Hi I have just been having a look at the OBD web site and it looks like its only the pro version you can long code with but they have to have an app for that year and model which you have to buy, I think ECU Testing is about your best hope as with the equipment they have if they can talk to the replacement unit there is a good chance they can delete the existing code and replace it with your original coding, nearly all VAG equipped garages are connected online to VAG so the guy is correct when he says the head office won't have it as they only want them coding new parts. Steve.

Hi unfortunately the code is contained within the barcode they went through a phase of that the same as Ford and every other manufacturer, all the Siemens injectors they used had the coding in the barcode so you just read it with a scanner, they stopped that when they realised platforms such as VCDS gave the long coding for the part even if you couldn't communicate with it, does it not show the long coding on OBD as some of the youtube tutorials on OBD show the part number with the coding. Steve.

Hi, this is turning into a real drama, at least you can get your money back minus postage, see how much Audi want for the cluster but beware of the coding charge, do any of the units on eBay look like good propositions as you should be able to code a replacement in with the OBD I think if you save the part coding from your original unit the code for the unit is on a label on the donor unit. Steve.

The engine cranks but will not fire, fired once after i broke down for a very short period of time with not response from throttle and very rough. The pipe circled in red is the one with a split in it which i am guessing is a coolant pipe. The green circled pipe is fitted incorrectly which is where the oil is coming from. Does any of this give any reasoning for why it wont fire up? Hi the red circled pipe is a coolant pipe the other green circled pipe is a turbo boost pipe which if leaking/split will make the car run like a bag of nails. Steve.

Hi to be honest they all do that after about a year as the coating from the factory is only about two microns thick unfortunately if you want better you will have to take the wheels off and purchase some VHT paint and using a good quality paint brush do it your self on a nice hot day where you can give them a nice thick coating it will last the life of the disc. Steve.

Hi if you go to an ordinary garage and they have the later Snap on or Autocom system that should flush out the relevant info. Steve.

Hi have you had a look at the tyres as the budget versions tend to be noisy when worn. Steve.

Hi good find and thanks for publishing it, if the people who have the problem can be bothered to look its a great piece of information, well done. Steve.

Hi who came up with the immaculate diagnosis that the battery is fine, the times I have seen this and when the car is plugged and scanned it throws up a load of non communication faults caused by low voltage, you really do have to have it plugged in and check the date on the battery, the electronic steering uses a lot of voltage. Steve.

Hi the most common place for wiring to break is where the door loom travels into the bodywork as for the headlights its normally corrosion in the connection socket that plugs into the back of the unit, bad earthing is the most likely culprit that causes no end of weired problems especially with the shutter system that controls high beam and low beam. Steve.

Hi Steve is right its normally is the font passenger seat where it gets moved back and forth try disconnecting it and give the terminals a good soak with electrical cleaner, gets rid of years of crud build up, the only sign of a bad ballast is flickering of the light or no light at all. Steve.

Hi Tony the indicators work ok and at £13.00 as you say its worth a punt, they also do a conversion for the existing headlights but from memory it involves taking them apart, dunno about you but I think I can find a better use for twelve hours and having to build a sweat box to get the lense glue to soften up.

Hi Tony I did think about it with mine when I got it but when I looked at the retrofit headlight units for around £600 per pair at the bottom end of the market it suddenly made me think, do I really want this that badly, then there is my American brother in laws favourite saying, if it aint broke don't fix it. Steve.

Hi have you checked the turbo pipes as boost leak would cause similar symptoms . Steve.

Hi I am pretty sure you can't do it without retrofitting the headlights and tail lights with the pulsing LEDs fitted in them already, these come with some sort of heath Robinson control units for the rears and the fronts will be built in to the headlight unit, all available from some very exotic parts of the world with no known track record of ever building these items for O.E. Steve.

Hi if you read the full thread according to matey there was nothing wrong with anything you suggested checking and despite requesting milage and any codes that may be present he still held the health check line and claimed to have never driven the car hard despite claiming it went like a rocket with the remap, Cliff and Gareth gave it a more than fair go, unfortunately it would appear that you to are wasting your breath, all good suggestions made by yourself which I would endorse, and as they say, what we have here is failure to communicate, there are some men you just can't reach......... Steve.

Hi thats not the part number thats a manufacturer number, and yes it detaches from the fan pack it is either one or two torx screws and a couple of wiring clips to each fan they do a replacement unit on line for about £70. Steve.

Hi I think if his doing this on a 2022 model it would lead you to believe it works.

Just looked on youtube there is guy on there showing you how to use OBD Eleven on his 2022 RS3 and one of the things available on the activation list was high beam assist.

Best place to look is Youtube, they have a lot about the Gen 2 capability.

Hi its the fan control unit which Sits on the fan shroud its a silver box you can't miss it as it has cables running to each fan motor these normally go stupid at some point and are plug in and play. Steve.

Hi, by the look of the milage on the cars you are looking at I very much doubt they would need that sort of process as long as the car is run on decent fuel it should never need it I have looked at the process in depth and for what it actually removes its more of a placebo effect, save your money for a decent fuel additive which does the same thing and costs less. Steve.