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    Exhaust temperature sensor

    For people to better help, it would be good to post your specific engine type, model and code.
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    Mould in fuel filler flap area

    Tried an APC of any kind? Something with grunt, like koch chemie or bilt hamber surfex HD. A citrus cleaner with actual Limonene in the ingredients historically has good cleaning strength, too.
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    A4 3.0 tdi power loss/hits a wall ideas?

    If you mean the swirl flaps, opened or closed they won't stop the engine revving past the RPM walls he is hitting. I had this on my old A5 B8 CAPA 3.0TDI and it was because my DPF was blocked. I'd hit about the same rev limit in the same gears as OP. Your intake manifold may be coked up, which...
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    Exhaust valve 3.0tdi

    Won't make a difference audibly or performance wise. DPF is the sound deadener, not the mufflers. :thumbs up:
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    Exhaust valve 3.0tdi

    As in, a straight pipe from front to back? That would certainly be classed as DPF + Muffler delete. These cars don't have any middle boxes or resonators, just the DPF and the two mufflers at the rear. For MOT purposes as of right now, DPFs and mufflers are visual checks, and if the car is mapped...
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    Help Please Low RPM Whirring

    Got any audio clips for us?
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    Exhaust valve 3.0tdi

    You'll get very little noise increase with a stock DPF in place. I'd save the money and put it towards gutting the DPF + a remap to accomodate if you really want a noise increase. If you do gut the DPF (or remove it entirely with a straight pipe), your mufflers are then the last thing to be...
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    The dreaded Adblue [emoji20]

    Does anyone know the MOT regulation around adblue? Is mapping it out of the car an option here for the OP if done properly?
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    APC Recommendations for Ceramic Coating

    SurfexHD has corrosion inhibitors in it, which would reduce the hydrophobic properties of the coating to a small degree. I would personally recommend Koch Chemie Green Star; it's cost effective, available in bulk and is safe and effective. It has no inhibitors present. I put 100ml of it in my...
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    3.0tdi What figures should I be getting from stage 2 map?

    Understandable, pal. You're evidently keen on getting the most out of it and investing in a car you're really enjoying, and could be enjoying even more. Perhaps make a weekend of the visit to Bobby? Stay in a local airbnb or hotel, and then when it's over, you'll be driving back in a different...
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    3.0tdi What figures should I be getting from stage 2 map?

    Now it's time to get yourself booked in with Bobby ;)
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    Anyone used/own one of these?

    On a coated car, particularly products with very high slickness and hydrophobic properties, you can air dry the car with the big boi blower. However, unless you've got a DI vessel or similar water filtration system going, the air + heat combo means any water droplets that dry as they're being...
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    S5 Multiple electrical faults

    Check your ECU box for water ingress. Get a free battery test at a local halfords, as a battery getting low will throw all of these systems into a tantrum.
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    Air filter bypass valve

    Are you referencing the one going to the bypass valve in the bottom of the airbox? On 3.0TDI engines it opens at 3KRPM to allow more air in. If faulty or unplugged has been known to throw a fault code, though I don't remember clearly whether it caused limp mode or not. It's good to have this...
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    Sold Big Boi dryer for sale

    Whoever gets it will be thoroughly impressed. There is an addon available via BigBoi website to use it as a hoover. Heck, sod hoovering your floor mats.. this will blow it out clean, including the sand that gets embedded in there.
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    P0235 MAP sensor error

    I'd be interested to know if the seal is doing its job sufficiently and not letting in weird gunk again. Maybe another unplug and check, as well as a general wiring health check from point A to B as best as you can. The next step is potentially a replacement one, as it may just simply be almost...
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    A5 3.0 215bhp mpg

    The 3.0litre engines just feel like they're in a class of their own. The smoothness, power, torque, and not too bad MPG considering what it is. They map far too.
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    Headlamp advice please.

    I'm curious as to what autoglym stuff they used? You'd potentially be needing a more abrassive compound to get some heavy cutting going on, finished off with a finish polish to refine the finish. If that's not enough, you'd be looking at doing multiple-grit-stages of wet sand paper, followed by...
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    Worn alcantara on steering wheel

    +1 for Pol Star. 1:20 would be plenty. That's a backbone product for me. Not personally dealt with alcantara as of yet, so seeing how someone else sees best fit to approach the material is appreciated. Thanks.
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    Warning lights on

    Get a free battery test at a local Halfords. If it's low it has been known to cause systems to throw fault codes up as a result. Check for water in the ECU box as well, which should be under the scuttle pannel on the driver side nearest the windscreen. Couple torx screws to undo it, just make...