Stevey Y

Hi are the lights projector lenses, if so the clicking you hear is the solenoid that raises [for dipped beam] and lowers for full beam the cut off plate, it sounds like the shutter plate is stuck on the offside, not uncommon sometimes a light tap with a rubber mallet will loosen the plate but if that wont work its a total mechanical failure whereby its more cost effective to replace it with a second hand unit. Steve.

Hi Gareth, I think I may have the answer he said that the old spring was 10mm shorter, possibly snapped?, either way there is a vey thin veneer of detailed information and no point in trying to guess camber angles which you can't adjust without a laser. Steve.

Hi are you sure its the correct spring, I assume that the new spring is 10mm shorter, thats a hell of a difference, have come across this before on my previous cars like when they gave me the sports springs for the front of my Mondeo the thing looked like an eighties custom car, the back in the air and the front on the floor, just get a matching spring for the other side and then get it tracked if the old lower arm is ok it is not worth changing it. Steve.

Hi Golden rule always replace shocks and springs as a pair.

Hi there are no sensors that control the start up its all controlled by the ECU, so any adjustments to the fuelling and air/injection cycles are monitored and fine tuned from there, its all to do with emissions in the old days when there was an enrichment device [choke] the engine would run at higher rpm because the airflow was restricted and the fuel increased, this also increased Hydrocarbon output, these days with the advent of Piezo injectors which can inject or decline to inject up to five times in one cylinder cycle the fuel air ratio is precise and the Hydrocarbons drastically reduced, therefore there is no need to have higher idle at start up, the way its all structured means the engine gets up to running temperature in double time with out the added pollutants. Steve.

If its what I think you are talking about it is under the back seat it sits in the tank, absent any detail as to why that is my educated assessment.

Hi it may well be the tail shaft mount at the back of the gearbox they are a bit prone to going soft, I replaced mine a couple of times the auto and manual use the same mount. Steve.

Hi Cliff think I will join you, lights are on but no one at home.

Hi its yellow so its not life threatening, best solution is get it scanned for faults cold be a selector switch is dodgy. Steve.

Hi if you did not code the battery in when fitted thats why the charge rate is up the ECU thinks its the old battery so carries on charging at the same rate so in essence you have cooked your new battery, did my daughters Q3 about two months ago recoded it [simple] and have had no problems since, the BEM controls the charging according to the information from the ECU, if the ECU still has the same information from the old battery it will continue to tell the alternator to charge at the higher rate regardless of the new batteries existing voltage, AGM batteries dont like overcharge and die in short order. Steve.

Hi you have omitted to say if the car is diesel or petrol, if its diesel you are wasting your time as you can fit a bigger bore pipe which may well give you a bit more torque but not a lot of change in the noise department, on the reverse with petrol you can fit larger bore exhaust with a free flow baffle box, this will definitely give more noise but rob you of a lot of mid range torque as petrol engines require a fine tuned amount of back pressure to perform adequately, if you are set on doing this I would consult a sports exhaust specialist with your requirements. Steve.

Hi if you turn the engine on put on the seat belt then put your foot on the brake and push the switch down on the console it should release. Steve.

Hi could be they are all part of the same loom, but you definitely have a reversing gear sensor, even my A6 had one it will be on the side of the gearbox, usual MO is a brass switch with two or three wires going to it. Steve.

Hi yes indeed.

Hi the parking sensors are worked from the sensor on the gearbox switch when you select reverse, chances are its knackered, easy way to check is ignition on position 2 select reverse and get round the back to check the reversing lights are on, if they are its a long and fiddly check of the wiring to find the break. Steve.

Hi if you are not changing the dip/main beam you dont have to put in any resistors just buy the the non cheap bulbs with the CANBUS ERROR FREE designation.

Hi the problem with LED bulbs is that when fitted to a standard headlight without projector lenses they murder the light cut off pattern which will fail the MOT, you can get can bus error free LED bulbs but the outcome is the same, they dont give anymore light range despite being brighter because the beam pattern is so random, have a look at Phillips Diamond vision. Steve.

Hi the width and luggage capacity will be in the owners manual including the extra space with the seats down.

Hi post a picture and someone might have seen it before.

Hi the float/level sensor in the tank is stuck, this is caused by the Adblue crystals so before rushing off to get spanked for a new tank try a bottle of Forte Adblue crystal treatment, at around £15-20 it could well be the cheapest fix you have ever had. Steve.

Hi the best place to get a new locking mechanism is on eBay they do O.E. and aftermarket depending on your budget, if you go on YouTube there are plenty of videos on the subject, only other advice is give the new unit a good coat of silicon grease about every six months then it wont happen again. Steve.

Hi the condensed version is, you have had this remap and according to the alleged power gains you dont seem to find your vehicles performance to be any different from normal, therefore you now seek ratification that it is better than before but your own tests disprove that, I have no doubt the car was fast enough from the factory,, so why the obsessive thirst for more power which you definitely have not had for your money, I fully understand the remap tuning dynamics but before all of this started the only way to truly tune a car was to improve the air intake, fit higher lift cams to increase the exhaust valve duration fit a free flow exhaust manifold and of course bigger capacity injectors, then the performance was greatly improved, the most obvious flaw in this whole thing is 150nm of torque but if the limiting part of the program is still in place how the hell are you ever going to experience that gain. Steve.

Hi would say it is possibly the pads sticking in the runners, I personally tend to check the condition of the discs and pads before condemning anything else, the age and condition of the battery has a great bearing on handbrake performance. Steve.

Hi as I said its with checking the turbo hoses, its most likely one of the ones from the turbo to the intercooler or the other side of the intercooler were it goes to the throttle body then are the hoses that get most of the cr@p from the PCV valve. Steve.

Hi probably, as the unplugged MAFF would be in default strategy as its not able to measure the airflow and the ECU would limit the amount of air coming in and form its own triage for combustion based on the info from the MAP and the air temp sensor in the throttle/ manifold housing, I am assuming its diesel. Steve.