Chris haworth

Hi has anybody had a gearbox tune on a 2018 a6 c8 40tdi preferably north west England ? Can’t seem to find anywhere that does it cheers Chris

Soon as weather pics up I’ll give it a go. It might look alright with washers to pack it off , I’ll get there somehow , and yeah I’ll get some pics when it’s done 🙂👍

Hiya mate , I’ve kinda come up with a few ideas , I’ve cut the back off the tip which will get me closer hopefully I’m only about 20mm away from the hole so I might use some washers and see how it looks , other than that I might try and move the adblue tank a bit and try and refix it , hopefully I can get my car in the unit tomorrow and give it a go 👍

Hi has anybody done a quad tip diffuser conversion on a tdi, the right side tip won’t bolt on as the ad blue tank is in the way so wondering if anybody has got around this ? Cheers chris

Was thinking that , needs to come down somehow , seen a few do it on the salons but not sure in this country with the speed bumps like ya say , I’ve got a feeling they are 21,s now could be 20”s I’ll have a look tomorrow

Ah , that’s not good , really need it dropping but not worth the hassle I guess thanks again matey

Hi all, has anybody used lowering springs to lower a 2018 onwards avant , if so which ones did you use and gas it affected the ride quality ? Thanks in advance Chris

Ah got ya keep me posted what you find out , would be interesting to see what you have done cheers mate

When it goes back in I’ll ask the question to see what upgrades they recommend

Mate , you have to keep me posted on this because that’s something I’m looking into but unsure how to go about it , they deleted start stop as I heard that that can cause delay , unsure , you will know more about that but was free and never liked it anyway,but the setting off delay has gone it’s just the , as you come to roundabouts , slowing down and accelerating where it’s still delayed, shocking Audi release them like that really when a simple map pretty much cures it , so the gearbox map makes a massive difference then ? Gutted they didn’t have one but are working on it apparently, so looking forward to that 🙂

Just a quick update had the dyno tune and made a massive difference , they couldn’t do the gearbox map as it wasn’t available but they are working on it and to check back at the end of each month , the setting off lag has practically gone which was driving me mad and managed to get some pretty good results on the dyno , they definitely know there stuff and would definitely recommend 🙂

Ah ok mate , yeah I’m gonna ask the questions , I’m a bit nervous but I’ve been watching the you tube videos for a few years and like you say they seem to know there stuff thanks for all your help though mate I’ll keep you updated

Obviously I don’t want it pushed to an inch of its life , and if that’s what they are going to do that would be a expensive mistake in having it done , do they have a warranty ?

So you have had a bad experience with them mate ? What exactly happened ? From the you tube vids they seem to monitor temps and things , I’m a bit nervous now and I’ve paid the deposit

You sound more clued up than me mate , everything you said sounds right , just hope they know what they are doing as I don’t want to here it go bang that’s for sure 🤦‍♂️

Quick update , finally got to the bottom of it I think , contacted dark side , they said the vibration is caused by to much torque and is probably flywheel judder ,I asked if there would be any damage caused , they said probably not as I’d only felt it about 5 times before I took it back to stock they recommend full custom dyno with more progressive torque delivery and to get the most out of the map they recommended a gearbox map with increased torque limiter and other settings like 1st and 2nd delay fix , quick shifting , quicker launch from stand still and other things , they recommended stage 3 gearbox map with custom tune as they have the capability to match the torque to the flywheel , very clued up on what they was talking about , they said they have never done this exact model , and said they wanted it for 2 days so they can really get into it with road tests , I’m definitely impressed with the gearbox side of things , they even come out with you in it for the test , it’s booked in on the 11th October , so hopefully this is it , sounds like they know there stuff , hopefully this will help others on here with similar problems 🙂

Quick update , contacted pendle performance, apparently the vibration is due to wrong fueling and values of the map so easy fix hopefully , booked in next Wednesday , keep ya posted 🙂👍

Yes mate I had a gearbox map done whilst it was there , unsure really, been on all the other mapping companies and they seem to go no higher than 480nm most around the 450 mark , havnt seen any running 520 ish , but again , it’s not a small company so you would think they would know what the car can handle

Will do mate , my thinking at the minute is take it back to stock for now , and get in touch with dark side developments ( diesel tuners ) see if they know of upgrades I can get )

No problem Steve thanks again

That’s for your help guys , mine is a auto and if the uprated one will only hold that then it must be to much , I’ll get them to turn it down if possible

Unsure at the min , wasn’t even sure if mine had a dmf in it, gonna have to keep digging , I’m sure the napping company would of known that before hand as they are a massive company , not sure how I would find that out really

It’s only done 32k it went from 200 to 240bhp was 400nm to 520nm

Hey guys , had my 40tdi rolling road mapped about 2 months ago , everything has been perfect but noticed a big vibration when the car is under load , only seems to be in 5th and 6th , I’ve read it could be dmf, has anybody had any experience of this , don’t really want to loose the power and was thinking if it is is there a performance option cheers Chris

Hi , I bought a 2018 a6 c8 avant 40 tdi sport mhev about 3 months ago , I’d read everywhere that this model had intelligent coasting but didn’t seem to be working , I put it down to a low battery as it struggled starting sometimes , anyway I explained to Audi in Blackburn that I had a lane assist not available msg coming up now and again , and again I presumed that it was due to a low battery so I said to them can you check the start stop battery , the lane assist fault and the hybrid system as it wasn’t coasting , firstly they said that I’ve listed three faults and the diagnostic is £180x3 which is my first complaint as that’s ridiculous as it just wants plugging in , then they said that my car doesn’t have coasting and only available on petrol versions , luckily for ne my car was under warranty from a garage I’d bought it from so I didn’t have to pay , , I’ve since took it to a Audi specialist and they said because my battery was low the front camera had lost calibration and has now been fixed , and hello suddenly me car is coasting (not for long but it’s definitely doing it , anyway my question is , is there any written proof anywhere that says my car has this coasting, I’ve even tried customer services and been through to tech support but it’s a call centre in South Africa and I get knowhere , I just can’t let it lie as it’s unbelievable how they don’t know how there own cars work