Recent content by Gez27

I know. Apparently I've been unlucky but you also read stories about gearbox and turbo failures but I don't think my wife will forgive me if I keep it and something else big goes.

£3500 for the timing chain work including oil service and air con re-gas, plus a fuel pump needed replacing so came to just under 4k. The car was due an oil service soon anyway. Thankfully the garage I used offer 0% finance which helped a little.

Just thought I'd post an update. It was a tensioner which had failed and damaged one of the guides, which i think are only made of plastic. All fixed now and seems to drive perfectly. Just done a 1000 miles in a week on holiday in Scotland. Not sure if I'm going to keep the car though, much...

Cheers. I'm coming to terms with it, I was gutted at first but I've never had a major issue with my previous cars so I guess I was due one. Not much I can do about it other than get it fixed.

No oil screen yet. They've quoted to replace the cam tensioner and the list of parts being replaced is a page and half long. They've gone for the tensioner as they think that's most likely but they can't really say until the engine is out. Just short of £3500. Ouch

The S6 only comes with the 7 speed S Tronic. The RS6 and S8 have 8 speed torque converters. I had my last gearbox service done at Audi, it's a ridiculously cheap price (or was last year) my local mechanic said the oil would have cost him more than the price Audi were charging.

Cheers, Well it's not good news, it looks like it's the tensioner or the chains so I'm booked in to have the engine and gearbox out next Monday. And as you can imagine it's not going to be cheap! The swapped the cam adjusters over from one bank to the other and the fault didn't move with...

Cheers. I'm booked in with awesome for a diagnostic on Monday and they seemed to know their stuff. So fingers crossed this doesn't cost me a fortune!

Cheers, they're on my list.

Hello, My 2015 S6 developed an engine fault yesterday and limited the revs to 4000. I have a basic code reader which gave P0021 and P0018 which I believe are related to the crankshaft sensor. The car has done 51k and is standard. The car drives totally fine except for the warning lights and...

Thanks for the replies. I have no plans to modify, I like to keep cars as standard. I test drove an S7 this weekend and realy liked it. Although it was a short drive for various reasons. Thought the V8 noise was a little quiet but very quick even in pouring rain and the interior is lovely...

Hello, First post on here so go easy! I'm looking at replacing my BMW 335i with either an S6 or S7, my budget will only get me an early car with the 420ps engine. I've tried to research any common faults or things to look for but not found much. How's the S-tronic gearbox? It has a bit of a...