Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad my post has helped.
I think all in all this took less than an hour and was sub £20 the only tools required were a torx bit for the fuel filter canister and some hose clip pliers/mole grips. Look forward to seeing your result when you get around to it.
After having a tin of diesel purge in my shed for over a year of putting this job off, I finally decided to crack on one evening using a guide on TDI Club.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=823760
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Hi chaps, sorry to hijack the thread!
Would any of you helpful lot around York be able to connect up and take a look at a power steering warning on an 06 A3 8P?
I had the battery disconnected for ~5 minutes the other day and ever since have this warning, I'm hoping its just the case that it...
I enquired with Tony Banks for the exact same thing, was given a rough estimate of ~£100.
Let me know if you get one, pics would be good also as I'm thinking of getting one soon myself
Just incase anybody's wondering, or for future reference - after the service the car feels like she's back to normal. Had a DPF light a week or so after posting this but had nothing since.
Touch wood at least!
I'm going to have a look at this tonight and have mentioned it to the garage doing the service so hopefully it gets checked!
As for your DPF, how do people manage without as IIRC new MOT rules state it must be present?
Hi all, new to the forum and have not long owned my A3 having bought it around 2 weeks ago.
She's a 170 2.0 tdi sport with DPF (sadly) and used to pull like a train, now not so much.
I'm sure its loss of power and not just me getting used to the pull as when accelertaing when reaching around 3k...
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