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    Dashboard noise was driving me nuts - sorted

    Thought I'd post this for anybody else who is being driven nuts by a dashboard noise from an unusual source. Best described as a sort of cheap plastic 'zzzzing' noise, it started about a month ago and I was convinced it was coming from the plastic instrument panel but couldn't stop it by...
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    Exhaust Flexi joint broken - common problem

    Had the driver's side (V6 engine) flexi joint in front of the main Cat. Converter start blowing about a month ago. Didn't sound too bad to start with, but quickly got a lot worse and ended up sounding horrendous. Turns out both sides had gone - literally cracked apart. Apparently this is quite a...
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    Will these wheels fit a C5?

    Hi, I've seen a set of wheels on ebay which have come off an A5. They're 8.5 x 18 with an offset of 29 and are shod with 245/40's. Does anyone know if these would fit my 2003 C5 A6 quattro without any issues.?
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    Will this steering wheel fit & work?

    A question for all you technical geniuses out there: Will this steering wheel fit my 2003 (C5) A6 3.0 quattro Avant Tiptronic auto and can I make the manual gear change buttons work? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A6-A4-B5-C5-S4-1999-3-Spoke-Leather-Sport-Steering-Wheel-S-line-/201274857955
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    Recoding the central locking module

    Hi, I recently changed my '98 2.8 quattro Avant for a '03 (53 reg) 3.0 quattro Avant. The new car currently unlocks all four doors and the tailgate and flashes the indicators (no beep of the horn) with one press of the remote button and locks everything, again with a flash of the indicators but...
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    Oil change in 5 speed Tiptronic box

    Hi, Has anybody in Hampshire or the surrounding counties had the oil and filter changed in their Tiptronic gearbox (as usually fitted to quattro's) and how much did it cost? (I know its about £150 in oil and parts alone). I would like to find somewhere that has done it before and knows what...
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    Rumble/vibration on take off

    Hi, I wonder if anybody has experienced this before. I have a '98 2.8 quattro Avant 5 speed tiptronic & when pulling away & turning right at the same time I get a rumble/vibration from the front end somewhere, I think from the right hand side but its difficult to tell for sure. Its only whilst...