rbdazza

it was, felt sorry for the cars behind me and pedestrians next to me too though. filled the street with thick black smoke!

what engine is it? PD or pre PD?

you're telling me !

The wife's Astra, a 56 plate SRi. i knew DPFs were a pain but didnt really understand how they worked. so i gutted the DPF, welded it up and put it back on the car. booked it in for a remap to remove the DPF bits from the ECU but was a week or 2 later. the thing was constantly trying to regen as the inlet/outlet pressure was constant. luckily i was driving when it started to run on its engine oil/bio mix from the sump, unluckily it was an auto as was a bugger to stall. blew its turbo, lost compression, blah blah, scrapped!

thanks. whilst it isn't going on a RR they're stated outcome is 140bhp - 180bhp so a rocket is what i am hoping for!

well the unofficial line from the biodiesel community is that any diesel engine will run on it. Generally speaking the problems with new cars is the emission controls and potentially flakey high pressure systems (think ford), regardless of fuel used. The PD engine is renowned for being a fantastic bio runner. mine was a 2002 130 and never missed a beat in the 20k on biodiesel made in my shed. The reason the Audi isn;t on it yet is due to the DPF. by nature fuel makes its way into the sump with a DPF regen. diesel will evaporate, bio won't. there is the potential for oil contamination, worst case engine runaway as your sump is so full it sucks it into the air inlet (ask me how i know).. So, step one for me is to get rid of the DPF and EGR for good measure. Step 2 is filling the tank with Bio!

So, just done a quick search on the forum for biodiesel and nothing came back! surprising really. didn't search for veg oil but not sure what age of motors people on here run! Maybe i'll be the first on here running it? If there's any interest i can keep this thread going with progress/updates, let me know. the thing is currently on diesel which is killing me. i have run bio fuels on various cars over the last few years: Passat PD130 - bio 20k Astra 1.9 - bio 12k, killed it (DPF)! BMW 530d - 25k bio Seat Leon 1.9 - 5k on veg (piece of crap!) Nissan Terrano - 14k on veg So clearly i can;t wait to get the Audi on it.

just buy one and get the DPF removed like me, get a bonus bit of extra power and economy while you're at it!

can you change the stop start to be off by default and the button switches it on until you either turn it off or re-start? maybe using vag-com? i hate it to be honest so would welcome such a change

will do, picking it back up later this afternoon, can;t wait!

hmm, you could be lucky and the petrol has just agitated some crud in the tank, blocked your filter again. i'd try replacing it again just in case. it is possible that the seals in the fuel pump have warped/perished with petrol. there is a fantastic guy in the north, diesel bob. he can diagnose, repair, etc. diesel pump/injectors/etc. and is very reasonably priced. i found the diesel specialists local to me (midlands) to be really expensive for high pressure (common rail) diagnostics and repairs. for the record, a small amount of petrol (say 10%) in your tank will not do any damage, in soem cold countries they add it as standard to stop the fuel gelling. but pure petrol will cause damage.

hmm, i wish i had the media unit! i connect my iphone 7 to the Aux port on the centre arm rest on mine using a standard 3.5mm cable and the lightning to 3.5mm converter. works fine but i want it bluetoothed and the ability to manage the phone from the cars controls. seems and expensive 'want' though!

Bought myself an A4 for Xmas so thought it best to join up here! there's a few imperfections but the price reflected this and they're bits and bobs I can do as and when. First on the list was to get the DPF/EGR sorted out and a quick Stage 1 remap, which it is in for right now! Anyway, hello!