Gary W

One injector was completely knackered and 3 were not in a good way. I thought it would be best to have a new injector for the knackered one and have all of the other 5 reconditioned. The pump was fine - luckily.

You don’t want to know… 1 new injector and 5 x reconditioned injectors = £2400. On the plus side - it was like driving a new car after it was done. Until…. 2 weeks later - coolant leak. Long story short - £2020. Total bill for 1 new injector, 5 reconditioned injectors, dealing with coolant leak = £4420. Now have that dilemma of: do I get get rid, do I keep, what’s next… Not what you wanted to hear - sorry!

Just as an update - thought I’d let you guys know what’s been going on… Imagine the worst case scenario - then x10! Booked the car in to have the glow plugs replaced. Couple of days before the glow plugs were due to be replaced - car cut out. It was hard starting but wouldn’t start. Recovery came out and sprayed a bit of ‘cold start’ in the air intake. Car started for about 1 second then stopped. Recovery say it’s a knackered injector, not glow plugs. Have car recovered to garage. Garage say fuel pressure is fine from tank to engine, but low to injectors. They change fuel filter but this makes no difference. They say the high pressure pump could be knackered and it needs to go somewhere else as they won’t touch it. Booked it into a diesel injector / fuel pump specialist to be looked at next week. They warned me that if the high pressure pump is knackered, it’s likely that all my injectors will also need replacing 😭 Update to follow….

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Nice one, cheers Steve. As I said - I'm not really much of a mechanic - but assumed that the glowplugs wouldn't cause me issues in the warmer weather. I'll look into getting them replaced 👍🏻

Hello gents. Got a 3.0TDi A6 Avant - 2012. 135k on the clock. Recently started getting a rough idle - but only for about 30 seconds or so, then it settles down. Also a slight juddering when accelerating, but only at low revs then it's fine. Sometimes the rough idle produces rough engine noise - but then it's fine after 30 seconds or so and is fine when I'm driving. Any suggestions? VCDS says glowplug and cylinder 1 - no other faults. Going to clean the MAF. Still rough idle if I remove the MAF sensor. Hoses seem.ok and not split. Not really much of a mechanic - just trying what people tell me and seeing what I can figure out via YouTube. Any suggestions welcome 👍🏻

Exactly right 👍🏻

The MOT history wasn't to bad, full service history and only 2 owners. I had a long chat to the seller on the phone, it all sounded promising. Then I got the report.... Bake pad warning lights on Buckled front wheel Bulging tyre by the buckle Oil on the turbo feed pipe Both front suspension mounts damaged Fuel injectors 'damp' Water pump leaking Underside of gearbox leaking Oil filter housing has oil on it Coolant leak Every wheel scuffed Chipped windscreen Other than that - it was mint 🤣 To be honest, I'm not mechanically minded at all - I'd have not even noticed most of that 😕

Thought I'd give you an update.... Contacted the seller of the BiTdi. Asked him if he'd object to a vehicle inspection. He said "no problems." Paid £260 for an RAC vehicle check to be done a couple of days later. Inspection was done and ai called the seller straight away. No answer. Called him again and left a message. No reply. Whatsapp him and got a reply saying: Thanks for your interest - but I've already sold the car. Fair to say I wasn't best pleased 🤣

Thanks Gareth - some really good advice there. It’s coming in at £11k. The more I’m thinking about it, the more I’m talking myself out of it I think. For the same price, I could buy a 3.0 TDi with 50 - 60k less miles on the clock. I’ll definitely apply a lot of what has been said above - to whichever car I go for 👍🏻 Really appreciate the info.

Nice one, thanks. Service history is full - I’ll check out the other things. Thanks for the advice 👍🏻

New member here - I’ve had a good look but can’t find what I’m looking for. Apologies if I’ve missed it… just after a bit of advice please. I’m looking at buying my first Audi. I’ve seen a 2013 BiTDi with 150k miles on the clock. Any common faults or things I should be looking for when I go and see it? Would 155k miles worry you - I need this car to last me 5 years minimum - need it to do me about 14k miles a year… Thanks 👍🏻