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I can admit to "repairing" that sort of "peeling" back of sidewall material using a suitable rubber glue, if you do that, make a proper job of it to avoid MOT comments/advisory. The side wall material is quite thick - well in my mind thick enough to be able to tolerate that damage and still...

Hum, possibly over 4 times what I paid for mine back in 2013, but again, I really did feel the need to try to hold onto that car, probably that sort of issue with these cars is the reason why I only use mine for long trips away from home - and it has only just passed 30K miles! We have a 2015...

I'd think that that older info is still correct, I've never tried removing a fuse or two to make sure that all 12V sources had been removed from the OBD2 port. Marring of the leather, yes it can end up getting marked, but after buying that Disklok, I bought the protector and storage case, and...

I use the "small" size of Disklok on my 2011 S4. I'm sure that you will find that there might even be 2 fuses that can be used to power up these dodgy key generators - I think, Google would help. I've gone old school and used a physical machined alloy block to close off access to the OBD2...

Oh yes, that was one way to solve this issue, I just took the DIYer route and made up an adjustable push rod - actually a lot like clutch push rods used to be maybe 30 or 40 years ago. This Audi/Porsche way of having a "smart" primary clutch cylinder has ended up being just too smart for their...

Oh yes, but other than slight movement/mixing between the clutch circuit, or "leg" and the brake circuit "legs" , the fluid in the clutch circuit or "leg" will just stay in there along with any particles of rubber from the primary and secondary clutch cylinder seals, so it is always a good plan...

For various reasons, detailed on my postings to the "engine mountings" thread, I have not yet been under my car, plus in the few times that I've driven this car since I first posted about this "press clutch to start" issue, I've not had any repeat of not starting, but, once I've fitted the new...

Just to give my wallet another knock, I've ordered in a set of subframe bolts, lower brace bolts, and a steering column bolt - total cost £72.06. So it seems that the main reason that some/all workshops do not just replace "torque to yield" bolts, is because they add quite a bit to the...

Spartacus 68, make sure that you are sitting down! The individual engine mounts, which are 8R0 199 381 AD and 8R0 199 381 AE were £304.20 each, the mounting plates 8K0 399 059 A and 8K0 399 060 were £29.65 each, so the total parts bill - and I also bought in all 5 bolts associated with each...

Hum, now not possible to edit my posting less than 24 hours later, why is that? Progress? I meant to write "lesser B8 A4" and not "lesser B8 S4", with regards to which models Lemforder provide engine mountings for.

Oh well, so currently no interest in this topic! Just in case anyone else has to change their B8 S4 engine mountings, Lemforder do not provide a solution for B8 S4, only “lesser” B8 S4. Meyle look like they do, but when digging deeper it seems like their range of engine mountings covering the...

I completed mod’ng the pushrod from the new Febi or maybe the Sachs slave cylinder, I used an M7 round threaded sleeve, 20mm or 25mm long and a suitable length M7 grub screw, ending up with a length increase of 5.5mm in the slave cylinder pushrod. It took until the week before Christmas for Audi...

Well, in many cars that have Stop/Start, it is AGM batteries that are fitted at factory, only cheaper and lower powered cars tend to get cheap EFB batteries fitted at the factory. I think that you meant Bosch and not bosh, and yes they can be slightly cheaper than Varta - although Varta tend to...

I'm sure that I managed to work out an angle/position to shine a bright light against the reservoir to allow you to check/find the present fluid level - then remove the cap to see how low the level is from looking down into the reservoir, from then on just use that as an indication, from memory...

I've not checked my owner's handbook for that info, but as my car is a February 2011 S4 with G12 on the reservoir, I reasoned that 10 years was long enough for that "long life" coolant. Maximum expected service life for for G12, G12+, G12++ or G13 is not something that I've ever managed to find...

I suppose it depends on which coolant is currently in the system. If it’s G12evo, then any VW Group parts counter.

Well to render the used "new" parts that need CP removed, ie to return them to being virgin items that the car will accept, you need these parts to be able to "talk" to Audi mothership - and the most obvious way to do that, if you know that these parts have not been removed from a stolen car, is...

@Simon, I've bought threaded sleeves and also a couple of different lengths of high tensile steel grub screws, I plan to use the grub screws as a "space filler" within the threaded sleeve - so if I just use Loctite instead of welding the rod<>sleeve ends, then as the threads in both cut parts of...

Oh don't worry about the brake fluid in my S4, it gets replaced by me every 2 years, same on all our other cars in the family, just the clutch that I've not bothered with due to them typically having a plastic cylinder assembly and a plastic bleed valve. I agree that this issue will hit most...

Yes I think that I've revisited everything written on this, good to see that you threaded the rod and used a threaded joining piece to achieve the extra 4 > 6mm extra length. Strange but true, up until this evening I was considering becoming a good enough electric welder, and fabricate a sleeve...