So a further update on my A6.
During this pandemic, without being able to travel any distance due to restrictions, my A6 developed an intermittent starting fault whilst being parked up for long periods. It would usually fire up first time when the engine is stone cold, but struggle to start again once fully upto operating temperature and switched off for 5 minutes. I decided to drop the car off to my nearest VAG specialist for diagnostics, and they spent 5 odd hours on it, could only replicate the fault twice, and I left with a 300 quid bill without a fix, just a recommendation that a new ECU is looking likely the solution, that was £1050+vat for just the ECU alone, plus programming it in on top, with no guarantee it will fix it, so you can imagine the thought of facing a £2k+ bill, Impaid the £300 and took the car home.
Doing some research and having conversations with my close car friends, Jarrod(aka Jardo
@16Klappe the S3 Slayer) of
North East Tuning had reach out to me and said he will fix my car if take the car upto him in Newcastle 200 miles away with the information I have given him. A road trip was planned...
After a bit of poking about, he wasn’t convinced it was the ECU at fault, and just 60 minutes later, despite not being a diagnostic specialist, he figured it was this poxy relay at fault. Absolute legend, saving me a ton of money by replacing this £22 part! The car is still up there awaiting me to pick up when I’m free, he even mapped the gearbox for me to remove the torque limiters in the first 3 gears of the ZF box, so should be quicker than before.
So if anyone requires a remap on their A6, I couldn’t recommend Jardo enough, just remember to tell him I sent you!
Full write up of his Facebook page below if you have Facebook.
