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  1. cliffcoggin
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=A3+wiring+diagrams&ia=web
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    Yes that may be the problem. Having bought new parts why not fit them and prove the point?
  3. cliffcoggin
    I said the design was clever, I did not say it was good. Nevertheless it lasted 13 years which is considerably longer than many of the more essential components of a motor car.
  4. cliffcoggin
    I wouldn't call it a flawed design, in fact I'd say it is rather clever, however no machine lasts for ever. Yours has lasted 13 years so if you use rear screen wash normally through the new motor it will likely outlast the rest of the car.
  5. cliffcoggin
    Most likely the clutch needs to be renewed. How many miles since it was last done? Does the shudder happen as the clutch is slipped, or when it is fully engaged?
  6. cliffcoggin
    I'm with Steve on this. Get a new wiper motor.
  7. cliffcoggin
    Why travel all the way from Liverpool to London to buy a car? A3s are common so surely there must be something suitable closer to home.
  8. cliffcoggin
    I would either inspect it myself or get it professionally inspected. I would certainly not rely on MOT notes alone to make a buying decision. Bear in mind that the belt and pump will cost about £700.
  9. cliffcoggin
    You may well have damage to the wiring that connects the loom to the driver's door through a rubber bellows.
  10. cliffcoggin
    Thanks for letting us know Chay. Sometimes the simplest things get over-looked, and a perished hose has got to be the simplest weak point on the whole fuel system. It's something that did not occur to me.
  11. cliffcoggin
    I suggest the first place to check is the temperature sensor and its connections.
  12. cliffcoggin
    Robert. To clarify my reply which may not have been as clear as it could, you need to check all suspension joints and bushes at both the front and the rear. Tracking then needs to be adjusted at both front and rear.
  13. cliffcoggin
    Use long crowbar under the links to lever them up. Any movement at the bushes means they are shot. Tracking (toe-in) at the front definitely needs to be adjusted after renewing any soft bushes and loose joints.
  14. cliffcoggin
    A sloshing sound from within the dash and a lack of cabin heating are classic symptoms of air in the cooling system, so I suggest you have an airlock and/or a blocked heater matrix. The lack of circulation would cause localised boiling and ejection of coolant, hence the rapid loss, particularly if the tank cap is not sealing as Steve suggests.
  15. cliffcoggin
    If the rear shock absorbers were clapped out there is a good chance the rubber bushes in the suspension links also need to be changed and the tracking reset. The same could apply to the front shocks, bushes, and tracking. Does the waywardness show as sloppiness at the steering wheel?
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    As you sound knowledgable enough about tyres to know when a tyre is losing pressure by the way it looks or handles, it probably doesn't matter whether you have a TPMS or not, except for the irritation of a false warning light, though that in itself would annoy me enough to do something about it. If the fault was the subject of a recall I doubt Audi will be keen to take on the job without a lot of pressure. You may be better served by an independant.
  17. cliffcoggin
    The simple solution is to pick another fuse that is definitely switched from the ignition. That is exactly what I did when I added a satnav some years ago, though I don't recall which fuse I used in the end. A test lamp or a volt meter will tell you all you need to know.
  18. cliffcoggin
    Who can say as you have told us nothing about the car, the engine, the year etc. Sorry but my crystal ball shattered a long time ago and my magic wand is bent.
  19. cliffcoggin
    Thnks for letting us know Alaster. Let's hope the engine is OK.
  20. cliffcoggin
    Did you get the new battery coded to the car? Unless you do you will still get a variety of error codes and faults.
  21. cliffcoggin
    The same problem gets the same solution.
  22. cliffcoggin
    The solution would have been obvious if the water in the lamp had been spotted initially. Water is by far the most common cause of lamp faults, whether in the form of a short circuit or corrosion of terminals.
  23. cliffcoggin
    That's good to read. Thanks for letting us know.
  24. cliffcoggin
    A possible explanation has occurred to me. A3s are prone to faults in the instrument cluster that usually result in the lights failing or flickering, and the instruments to fail. Perhaps such a cluster fault is causing the otherwise unused TPMS light to illuminate. I am no electrician so maybe I am talking nonsense, therefore I too am keen to hear the final diagnosis.
  25. cliffcoggin
    You need to consider what is essential and what is merely desirable. For example why are you considering changing the main and big end bearings? Do you have evidence of wear?
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