Recent content by dannyboy75

I had this, first time it was a blocked pickup/strainer which was replaced with a revised version which is less prone to clogging. Had it again a year later and that time the oil pump had disintegrated. New oil pump was beaucoup dollars. The former is much more likely though, especially if...

Well the solution was laughably simple in the end. It suddenly occurred to me while driving home from work tonight. Disconnected my phone from the car's Bluetooth and it then allowed me to delete contacts or the whole phone book.

I posted this once before, some time back, but have never really got to the bottom of it. Basically the voice-controlled bluetooth system in my A4 won't allow me to delete or edit any numbers. I can store new voice-activated contacts using the 'store name' command, but if I say 'delete name' or...

I've had 48mpg on a long-ish run from my petrol 2.0TFSI, although I was sticking to 50mph (or just over)

I once balanced a 1p coin on top of a 2p coin (both on their edges) on a pub table. Just to add to the degree of difficulty I was several pints of Stella up at the time. Lame I know, but I was quite chuffed at the time, and have never managed to repeat it.

Well I had my MoT yesterday, so I got the guy to have a quick look into the air con issue while he had the car. It's not a refridgerant leak, as the system has plenty of pressure. The compressor and clutch are also spinning, so those seem OK. And the LP sensor seemed OK too, it's getting power...

Thanks, I'll have a look. I assume there's a fair bit of labour involved too, plus regassing costs etc?

Urrrgh. Thanks for the good luck wishes. I don't have a good feeling about this though! If its not a cheap fix (and if hitting it with a hammer fails) then I think it'll be bye bye audi, as this'll be the second four-figure repair bill on this car in a year or so. Think I might go back to Fords...

Thanks guys. Will get it checked at Kwik Fit first then. Really hoping it's not a seized compressor, as I'm guessing they're a) not repairable, and b) very expensive to replace.

Just as the warm weather's returned, my air con stopped working this morning :( It's been behaving a bit strangely for the last 3-4 weeks, whereby for the first few minutes after starting the car, the vents would sometimes blow hot air unless the system is set to LO. In other words, just...

I had a black A3 8L keyed a few years ago, for no obvious reason. It's such a pathetic, pointless thing to do, I just don't understand the mindset of the turds who do it. Also just recently had the other favourite one done to my current A4 (B7) - left it parked in supermarket car park for 15...

Same here, couldn't believe the difference when I had mine replaced. I reckon it was down about 50bhp with the knackered DV.

I got a Rev.D part from ebay last year, about £45 I think. Made a huge difference to performance.

4 Tesco value tyres here. Had no choice as I'm skint at the moment and all 4 needed doing last month. Never really been a tyre connoisseur anyway though.

Sorry to hear this. IMO the punishment for stuff like this should be the same as in some arab countries - cut their hands off (and maybe a few other bits too). Hopefully every cloud has a silver lining and you end up with an even nicer Audi than the last one :)