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Very cool. I'm afraid I'm not old enough to remember those days 🤣 I remember 4 star though. In the late 80's. My last Laser was a 1.6 I had around 15 year ago. Paris Blue. It had had the conversion to run unleaded by the time I bought it. The Injection has a new all black interior with light grey Recaro's. I've been running it on Esso Supreme and Shell V Power.

Yes! Now we're talking. That's a lovely mk2 Ghia. Plenty of poke. Never owned any of the 3 litres before. To be honest this is my first Injection, I had Lasers before that. You must have really loved that Trans-Am! And a mk1 too. That looks like it was a while back. They can fetch crazy money now, closest I've ever got is the model on the living room bookcase 🤣 Admittedly the injection isn't entirely stock from a cosmetic standpoint, but I think it's still a looker. Not bad for an old Ford pushing 40. I've a bit of bodywork to do to it over the winter, nothing too major. The A6 does all the parts running.

Ah! Chevy Tahoe. A 4x4 man eh? Very capable looking beast that. Ha, only a 5.8.. A big ol' lump all the same. I work in Holland, they're dead into their American imports so I've seen a few of these kicking about. My 'other car' is a wee bit more modest. And is short a couple cylinders. 😉

Now that is an absolute weapon! Beautiful machine. Some sound out of that >'ll bet, though i doubt it would have been easy on the fuel. What made you sell it, if you don't mind me asking? Did you ever replace it was something else?

Aye that's true, it hardly breaks the bank and it's good housekeeping. Certainly doesn't do any harm changing it every 5k, i honestly thought perhaps that was too frequent. Maybe not. I take notions with driving. I work offshore on 3 week rotations so the car effectively spends 6 months of the year not being driven, other than a 10 minute run on idle once a week while I'm away. Her indoors, she's got her own wee runaround as the A6 is a bit too big. So when I'm on leave i could cover 1500 miles or 50 depending on what im up to. That's low miles indeed. Mine has covered 240,000 and counting. Still going strong. For now anyway! 🤣 Mostly motorway miles, previous owner had it 5 year and used it for commuting to Dunfermline from Perth. It does me fine, its a good ol' bus. Ha! Nothing wrong with a bit of recycling. 😉 Take it the van wasn't too fussed! They're big lumps those Trans-Ams. Nice cars.

I have a sneaky feeling you're not going to approve. I may have told a little white lie, I didn't notice the drain had been stripped when I did the oil change. It was quite a while after, when I looked under the car and noticed a small weep. OK, I dare say I may have been lucky and dodged a bullet there so I put my hands up. My bad. In either case the plug was still tight with no play and I still had to unscrew it with the rachet to get it out and check, so it's not nearly bad enough to be sliding or wiggling. But it is partially stripped. I'm confident it's not my handywork as I was so super paranoid about stripping it in the first place that I just tightened the plug up to the washer, then gave it a slight nip with the rachet. I'd been of the thinking of changing the oil frequently. Lots of theories on whether it be every 5k, 10k or more. I decided to go 5k. It's an old car i bought as a runaround for less than 2 grand and has a high mileage. I don't use it for work, just social excursions. So from that, next oil change is due in roughly 1500 miles. I'll admit I feel 5k is excessive, and it's £60 odd a pop to do a change, so I'll be increasing the interval for the next. Anyway, short term fix was the ptfe tape and copper washer on the plug. It's tight on with no play but not over tightened. I can't move it by hand and the weep has stopped. I check it very regularly. (As well as keeping a close eye on the rear view mirror for the trail should it decide to go). Long term is I'm re-threading it a size up from the current plug. I've already got the kit. And the method is demonstrated in one of the vids RoyC posted. As I see it, if I make a complete hash of it it's a new sump regardless and my go-to garage is a few minutes away. If I don't I potentially save some cash. If it starts weeping again it'll be quiksteel and I'll be doing subsequent changes through the dipstick.

I'd say you're right. I've looked up up online. When I get back I'll go through the motions and if need be I'll get it. I'll let you know how I get on 👍🏻

Sorry for the late reply. Cheers for the help chaps. I will admit I've gone down the temp repair road and for now it's holding. I've done several hundred miles so far with barely a weap. So with that in mind, and as it'll soon be due, I'm going for a more permanent repair with the next oil change. That's going to be retapping to the next size up. I've got the kit for it. Watch this space...

It could well be Steve. Something else I'll need to test when I get home. If it is I'll nab an aftermarket unit online. Though replacing the while fan unit itself looks straight forward, should it get to that. I guess it'll be down to what's cheaper.

Hi all. Just a quick query here (see attached pic). Fault codes coming up for the radiator fan on my 2009 2.0 TDI. P95000 difficulty of movement P069100 Control circuit low I've checked the physical movement of the fan with my finger and the power off (single electric fan unit with a PCM) and the fan spins fine. I thought the bonnet latch cable may have been catching the slats as the retaining clip above the fan is burst, so I've secured it back out of the way just in case. As for the control circuit error, I'm of the understanding that's a low/no voltage? The car isn't over heating, its never overheated. I'd recently put a new thermostat in it as that was sticking. Actually drove it 650 miles on a warm day and it was as good as gold. No dash warning lights. No steam. Temp gauge was rock solid. Had I not plugged the scanner in I'd have never known there was even an issue. 🤷‍♂️ I haven't checked the fuse yet as I'm away at work for another week so that'll be something else to inspect when I go on leave. Just looking for any other suggestions on the subject, short of a new fan that is, should it not be a fuse. Cheers.

Cheers for that Steve. I'm not sure if there's a mobile thread repair bunch where I am in Falkirk but I'll have a look.

Cheers for the advice. I'm thinking of maybe retapping it in the first instance, if there's a chance of repairing it.

Hi all. On doing an oil change on a recently bought 2009 A6 2.0 TDI, I found the thread on the sump drain hole has stripped. I've replaced the plug to no avail. It screws in fine but won't completely seal, so there's a very slight leak. Any suggestions as to a fix? Self tapping plug that's a size up? Or will I have to go down the helicoil route? Many thanks.

RoyC thanks very much, that'll be a big help. 👍🏻

Morning all. I've recently bought a workhorse A6 Avant C6. (59 plate). The TDI 2.0e It's a good old bus but I've a couple bits needing changed so currently hunting down the correct parts. It's needing a thermostat. The unit on the car is part number 03L121111N. I'm wondering what the difference is, if any, between that and the 03L121111AD unit as the latter is easier to get and they both look identical. Also there looks like a little o-ring is needed to. Next is my gummed up EGR valve. I'll clean it but it looks like its leaked a bit. I ordered new gaskets off ebay but I'm if there's a recommended site online that everyone uses to source spares. Blow apart diagrams would be handy too, I've got that for a wee Suzuki I own and it's been a god send for sourcing the correct parts. Sorry for the questions and thanks in advance for the advice.