robert eckersall

Ok brilliant. Thanks

Just wondering what's the easiest way to replace the ballasts and headlight bulbs on my 2011 a3 8p sportback. I've seen some videos where people remove the wheel and the arch cover and other videos that say you need to remove the front bumper. Anybody know which way is the correct way to do it??? Thanks

Hi. Well the garage have come up with an explanation as to the whereabouts of where the bolt has come from. They recon it's a egr bolt that's been dropped in when I had the egr blanked off.

Yeah good idea thanks. Yes I wish I knew cause its the most expensive nutt ever for me. Lol. Oh it wasn't even a very bad word. It was just blood with a why on the end. Well if anybody else reply then they do if not then not too worried

Right first I tried logging in and resetting my password but it sill didn't seem to work. I have done it again and as you can see it worked this time. Right secondly I do not have a clue where the bold head/nutt came from and neither do they. I have only had 1 injector replaced. The nutt didn't damage the injector but just the stem housing so they have replaced all the valve stems but not any of the valves because they was not damaged it was just stopping it from opening and closing properly. I didn't know if I am being ripped off or not that's exactly why I asked the question. It's just seemed a big !Removed! bill that's all. If others think that it is about right for the work that there doing then I'm fine with that. Thanks for the replys

Yes there was a leek in the egr cooler. So I've had the egr and cooler blanked off. And deleted the dpf and had a remap done. All for £400.

Recently my 2011 a3 8p lost power and engine shaking when on idle. Rac tested it and said it showed misfire on injector 4 and it was loom damage. When it went to the garage they said nothing wrong with the loom and it was injector 4. They replaced number 4 and misfire changed to cylinder 3. We had all 4 injectors sent off and tested. 1 needed calibrating another had a slight blockage. So they sorted them out and when replaced back in the car it still had the misfire. So now the garage is saying they think it's the conrod or bearings. Is this likely? As they have quoted a silly price for for stripping the engine down. This is at a rac approved garage. (Whatever that's meant to mean) Anybody had this before??

It was a private seller and it was showing no signs of coolant loss or any smoke when I bought it

If it is the cooler will getting it blanked off be a cheaper option??

Hello. I have just bought an 2011 a3 sportback and I'm losing coolant and got white smoke out the exhaust and a bit of sludge in the coolant reservoir but I can't see any sludge in the oil cap or on the dipstick. And it's not overheating. Any ideas please Thanks