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Hi Clough103 Change your oil & I would use the standard spec oil. It should be changed every 40K but when I bought my car (A6 2.5 TDI Avant Sport 163 Multi) it had 80K on the clock & no evidence of any oil change. I changed mine myself & will now change it every 20K to be on the safe side...

I changed my oil about 4 weeks ago after realising that it had not been changed for 80K - as I have recently acquired the car. I got the oil from Opie oils (Fuchs ATF CVT oil) for about £50 for 5L. An oil change takes about 4.5L without any flushing etc & I plan to change it every 20K from now...

Hi Just recently did the oil change on my 2.5 multitronic, its reasonably new to me, & had no history of an oil change in its 80K. I got the oil from Opie Oils - Fuchs Titan CVT ATF oil 5L for about £50. I had to rig up a gravity feed to feed it into the filler hole in the gearbox & run the...

Hi zhanec Did you fill the gearbox with ATF untill it overflowed the coller of the filler hole below the gearbox; & then ran the car dwelling momentarily in each gear (P R N D S etc) untill the temp reached 40c & the oil expands to the correct temp. At this temp surplus oil should have ran out...

Hi Turkster I have just done the service on my A6 2.5 TDI & the wifes A4 1.9 TDI - changing the Oil; oil filter; fuel & Air filter & pollen filter on each. The oil & filter I normally do every 10K & all the other filters about every 20K - or 2 years. I too have have been using Castrol Magnatec...

Hi all I have just been preparing to do the oil change on my 03 A6 2.5TDI CVT / Multi-tronic & have been horrified by all the posts here & on other Audi forums. I had a 98 A6 TDI for 7 years with a tiptronic box that had done 220K and although I did change the 'lifetime' gearbox oil at about...

Hi qawsed I had my wifes battery off her A4 yesterday to clear the drainholes in the bottom of the plenium chamber to let the retained water run out. If you take the (hose like part) thats clipped to the top of the divider between the plenium chamber & the engine bay & just pull it out of the...

Hi Swarcup i would agree with 1210tec I have done my own servicing on my last A6 2.5TDi - up to 220K & the wifes 1.9 A4 TDi. Oil & air are straight forward & with the oil filter on top of the engine its v easy to get at. It helps to have a large socket to fit the plastic nut shape on top of the...

Hi Demmerz There is a problem - which I am sure is posted on here somewhere - where the drain holes in the area under the battery get blocked up ( I think its called the plenium chamber) and the area fills up with water. When cornering it runs down through the pollen filter & finds its way onto...

Hi Ant1989 To see if your EGR valve is blocked remove your oil filler cap & listen for a 'pop' of pressure being released. I had the problem & it seemed to come on all of a sudden & perhaps the oil change is coincidental. John C.

Hi Blas I tend to use FORTE for Diesel about twice a year. It seems to get a good write up & seems to be used by the trade. I cant say I notice any difference but hope it goes some way to keeping things / injectors etc clean. John C

Hi KerryA3 If you take my advice (Drowned Climate Control problem - post) You would be better off booking it into a good Indy! Audi charged me £120 - which was for an hours labour for their diagnostics & recommended work costing over £1000!! I did not take them up & eventually went to my Indy...

Well we finally got a resolution to the weird climate Control problem. After paying Audi £120 for an hours diagnostic work with their diagnosis requiring a new climate control unit for £754 and a gear switch (as I was getting the PRNDS); and a oil temp sensor as it seemed to have gone dead –...

Hi - Nice pics Jisumfish Are they from the instruction booklet? Yes I did forget - you do need to remove the air intake dicting, but on the 04 model this is just removing 2 self tapping screws & pulling the 2 parts off which just clip into place. But Jisumfish says it all....... Now removing...

Hi comc On a 2004 A4 you have to remove the headlamp to change the bulb. Can't say for a 2006 - but it may be similar. There are 2 torx headed screws that have to be removed on top of the headlight & there are 2 hidden torx headed screws down behind the headlight that have to be loosened as the...

Hi Ant The oil I used is just what Halfords had on their cards for my '98 2.5 TDi on fixed Service intervals - Castrol Magnatec Diesel - which seems a decent oil. I haven't looked yet for my 'new' 03 2.5TDi Sport - but its probably a higher performance Castrol. Brake Pads / discs / & all filters...

Hi Ant1984 Yes I regularly service my / wifes cars & we currently have an A6 2.5TDI Avant Sport and an A4 avant 1.9 TDI. I usually do a 10K oil / filter change and change the air & pollen filter annually - & reset the service indicator. I do all advisories from the MOTs (brake pads /discs etc)...

Just an update....... I swapped the climate control unit over today with one from ebay & guess what?? The same problem persists so its a good job I didn't pay Audi £750 for this!!! Of course it too could be defective in the same way............So my problem persists & I am still looking for...

Hi kid-jensen Hopefully it is the weather & it might get back to working normally as the temperature rises. Unfortunately I had a problem with my drivers door on my last A6 Avant & contemplated making a hole in the leather covered card etc. I took it to the Audi dealer who said that the...

Update - I have posted aspects of this problem under: - Drowned climate control - Help in replacing climate control - How to remove climate control?? I post this update in the hope that there is still someone out there in the forum that knows exactly what this problem is….. Reminder of...