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    Noise on start up, should I be worried

    Hi folks I was standing in front of my wife’s a5 2.0tfsi the other morning after it had been stood for a couple of days and it makes a strange noise for a second or two, stopped and started it again but it only does it the first time you start it cold. Here’s a link with another car (not ours)...
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    Bluetooth help in the north east

    Hi guys, does any body know anywhere in the northeast that can retrofit a Bluetooth set up into a 2011 a5, all going well picking one up tomorrow for the wife but it doesn't appear to have Bluetooth installed and I don't want to go down the route of having a parrot or similar item sticking out...
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    gearbox bearings?

    Just wondering if anyone has experienced worn bearings in a c6 manual 6 speed gearbox, from what I've read it was a common issue on the earlier A6 but haven't come across any complaints on these newer ones. I had the front wheel bearings changed a year ago thinking it was one of them but the...
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    How to change front wheel bearings

    Hi could anyone point me in the direction of a link for a guide to show me how to change the front wheel bearings on my 06 A6 2.4
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    loads of warning lights and no speedo on 2.4 c6 what could it be

    after having the front wheel bearings chged on my 2005 A6 I now have just about every warning light up on the dash a dodgy handbrake and no speedo, anybody have any idea what went wrong?
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    Help needed as Garage seems to have destroyed my A6

    Had my car into the garage I bought it from a few weeks to get the front wheel bearings replaced as there was a lot of noise coming from one of them. I now have abs, esc, engine management lights on aswell as having no speedo and the handbrake not working. the guy said it was because the...
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    buying A6 2.4se 2005 c6 anything to look out for

    Hi guys I'm buying a 2005 A6 2.4se 6speed manual with 80k on the clock, it has audi history up to 70k, when I viewed the car the electronic handbrake wasn't working and the power steering was a bit noisy at full lock at low revs. the garage is changing the aux belt, sorting out the handbrake and...
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    S3 fuel pump issues

    Hi Guys hope somebody can help with this one, in the last week my S3 has failed to start on a couple of occasions, evntually It has started but the problem is that the fuel pump is not starting up as you can't hear it purge, the first time I got the rac out and he jacked the car up and hit the...
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    intermitent missfire

    Hi guys just started getting an intermitent missfire today, I've noticed a flatspot for a couple of days when I accelerate just for a second then it takes off as normal so wasn't to worried but today hen I set off for work after a few miles when I booted it started to missfire quite badly but is...
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    Help lost power then the esp light came on, S3

    Hi guys hoping someone might be able to help, whilst driving down the A1 tonight I had just been giving it abit and then returned back to sensible cruising speed and a couple of minutes later lost power, car is spluttering badly everytime I hit the throttle and then the esp warning light came on...
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    Help S3 won't start

    Hi guys wondering if any of you guys can give many any ideas of what to check, The wife went out in it this morning to her mothers not even a mile away no problem buyt when she came back out it wouldn't start, being a typical women by the time I got there the battery was flat so I hooked up the...
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    S3 lost all power whilst at full throttle

    Hi Guys I'm new to Audi's this being my first, it's a 2000 S3 which I've had for 1 month now and have started having issues in the last 2 days. Started on saturday when I was on my way to work one of the coils packed up, no a major 1 as was fairly easy to diagnose and I work 2 minutes from a...
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    My first Audi

    Hi guys newbie here just saying hello, just got my first ever Audi last week in the form of S3 with stage 1 tuning circa 260/270 bhp. Don't know the first thing about these so hoping to pick up some helpful tips from here. I'm used to oldskool big power turbo's after recently selling a 400hp...