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Is that new behaviour or has it always been like that? Does the guage stay at the normal reading on long journeys once it has risen for the second time?

Unfortunately Ted, none of the earlier respondants in this topic have bothered to return to the forum with either an explanation or a solution, so we are as much in the dark as you. As mentioned earlier, report it in writing to Audi on the slight chance that the company might one day look into it.

I am puzzled how Audi can tell you there is a leak if there is no visible sign of oil outside the engine. Have you been under the car to inspect the underside Jamie?

Sorry if I was unclear. If the instrument panel or cluster is faulty, which you can only discover by having it tested, it must be repaired or replaced.

A3s of that era were prone to failure of the instrument cluster which gave similar symptoms to your car, so it is possible your A6 suffers in the same way. Audi will want a small fortune for a new cluster in England or a large fortune in Norway. The clusters can be repaired at much lower cost if you can find a suitable company. If you can not find a local company it would be worth investigating if ECU Testing, a company we often recommend here, would do it.

That means you have a defective battery. In normal circumstances you should treat an AGM battery the same as any other type of battery. City traffic is exactly when the stop/start function is designed to be used. If your battery can not support that sort of use then it is defective.

Keiron. I can't tell you how to attach a file from your phone; I can tell you that even if you manage to do so it is unlikely to demonstrate the noise you are asking about. Many people have tried over the years and invariably all we can hear is normal engine or road noise. If you want to try again you will need to put the microphone close to the noise source so that is is not drowned out by all the other sounds of a car.

Aaron. Have the above responses been of any use to you?

James. Have the above responses been of any use to you?

Jump starting from an external battery or a booster pack does not count as a stable power supply, particularly when you consider their flimsy cables and lousy contacts at the crocodile clips.

Cars from twenty years and more ago had a lot of tolerance for feeble power supplies; modern cars do not. Their electronics require very stable power in order to work properly. Don't forget to get the new battery coded.

You have done this sort of thing before so I daresay you know about the legal requirements in some countries to have a first aid kit and reflective red warning triangle in case of breakdown. Are headlight beam deflectors even available still? Years ago I would have fitted LHD bolbs for foreign travel, but I imagine that could be rather expensive nowadays.

1/ Electronic oil level sensors are none too reliable. I believe they are easy to renew. 2/ Yes it is normal for the fan to run for a few minutes, though I forget the reason why.

OBD11 is recommended by several folk on the forum. Your eight year old battery is well past its "sell by" date, and no, you can not revive the battery with any equipment. Internal sulphation of the electrodes and dendrite growth is irreversible.

11.7 volts the day after being used suggests the battery is dying, as do all the other symptoms you describe. You should get the battery professionally tested at a dealer or auto electrician, because a simple voltmeter test will not reveal internal faults in the battery which can interfere with the cars electronics. If a new battery is needed ensure you get it coded to the car.

Michael. You can certainly record music onto SD cards, but you need to record it in a format that the car is capable of playing. There are numerous formats such as mp3, wav, ogg for examples so you need to find what format your car needs. If your car does not have an SD card slot then you will need an adaptor to plug into whatever input socket is available. If the car has a USB socket consider using USB sticks instead of SD cards, though the same considerations of formatting must be applied. There are many classes of SD card which are categorised on data transfer speed and capacity. I think even a low speed card will be sufficient for music, though it is always worth getting something better than the bare minimum. https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/blog/personal-storage/memory-card-speed-classes The subject is really too big to cover here so do some research or consult a car audio specialist.

Alex. There's no anger or snottiness on my part. I am simply telling you your legal position to avoid you having to bear the cost of the repair once the 30 days has expired. It is advice that you will find frequently re-iterated throughout this forum, however if you would rather not receive such advice I am happy to withdraw from the discussion. Good luck.

In a word: no. Nothing you can put in the fuel tank would have made more than a slight and very temporary difference to a blocked DPF, so you would have had to get it properly cleaned or replaced anyway.

For goodness sake take it back to the dealer as soon as you can, and forget about hurting his feelings or upsetting him. You have a statutory 30 days in which to reject the car if it is faulty. After that time the dealer will not want to know you as he will be laughing all the way to the bank. There's a very good reason secondhand car dealers have a poor reputation.

Not necessarily. The new belt may have jumped a tooth if the tension was wrong. Did you renew the tensioner at the same time as the belt? If the timing proves to be correct it is going to be difficult to diagnose the fault without a lot more information and testing. In your position I would get it professionally diagnosed to check against your own diagnostic tester.

That's what the manufacturers claim, though I don't know what the Stop/Start function has to do with it unless there is a specific setting for AGM batteries.

Jon. Have the five responses you have received and read been of any help?

I fully agree with Syed that no intervention is needed under normal driving usage.

That does seem to point to the ECM, though I am surprised it does not show on diagnostics. I suggest we wait for somebody more experienced to respond.

Good news Andy, and thanks for letting us know.