That was my question to them exactly, but that wasn't an option apparently...
Not thrilled about having to shell out so much money, but very happy to have it back.
Update - all fixed! The new ECU has solved the issue - £7.5k later...
The issue was apparently a bad eco map that was causing issues with the AdBlue system, and therefore misfuelling in a strange way.
Manchester Audi managed to sort it within a couple of days once the new ECU arrived.
I'm a...
Interestingly, the garage have given me the car back to use whilst waiting for the part to arrive - I'm driving around and only getting the P008800 code (with the flashing coild light)...a mis-diag perhaps?
Apparently not, no glitter in the filters. Question for the floor - are the Fuel Metering Valve and the Fuel Pressure Regulator the same thing on our cars? I've seen things written that the Fuel Metering Valve is prone to clogging and can only be replaced as part of the whole HPFP assembly, is...
Update - Audi have found that the car has been mapped, it's come up with a TD1 flag so is now not covered under warranty....the joys!
Looking more and more likely to be the HPFP, especially after the research I've been doing (admittedly I'm not an Audi Master Tech!).
Hi folks,
Thanks for the replies.
@The Jargen - Fuel filter was the first thing I replaced, only around 200 miles ago. No difference. I'm getting the glow plug light on, then EML after two or three occurences of the glow plug light. This is under load too, the folks at the garage are seeing it...
Hi folks,
My A7 has been plagued by a load of very strange fuel pressure issues:
P008700
P008800
Leading to it having the timing chain done, fuel pressure regulator swap out, injectors (and seals) and basically everything on the fuel rail but the HPFP.
The garage have tried swapping out the...
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