Recent content by Nathan Holtappel

So just thought I would give everyone an update on the issue Ive been having. Had a full set of new tyres fitted on Saturday and guess what............It appears to have cured the problem. I might be a little premature saying it is cured, but the horrible shudder, clunk, slipping or whatever you...

So the latest is that I took the car to a transmission specialist who is 95% certain that it's the centre diff that's causing the issues. He has said to leave it and see if it develops. He was reluctant to put a new diff in at a cost of over £1200 if that wasn't the fault. Does anybody know...

Probably less so on full lock and in reverse. The tyres are 2 matching front and 2 matching rears however they are getting quite worn so may look to change them soon. The problem is less of a noise more a physical thump

The problem im having is that when I set off from standing there is a physical and audible clunking coming from the rear of the car. The only way to describe it is that it's like something is slipping almost giving the sensation of a flat tyre. Ive also heard it described as someone thumping the...

Good point :grinning:

The specialist quoted for putting in a new prop and pointed me in the direction of someone who could repair it if a new one wasn't an option. I never actually asked them to quote for doing this for me as I got the impression they didn't really want to entertain it.

Cheers. I shall investigate further with the garage. My guess is they are not overly familiar with the quattro system. Unfortunately the specialist only really wanted to put a new prop in from Audi which would be about £1000.

So would that mean you could effectively drive the car as 2wd? or would this cause other issues?

Forgive me if im wrong but ive read elswhere, and the garage have told me the same thing that when the prop is removed the wheels don't turn. Is this right?

Hi There. the car was bought from an independent dealer. Don't really want to go into it all, but basically he screwed me. Ive taken the hit, learnt from it and now just want to get the car sorted. I took it to ADS in Preston (Audi Vw spaecialist) to diagnose the diff issue. To be honest I was...

Anyone?

Hi everyone, im new to this so please go easy on me. Ive recently bought an A4 B7 1.8t quattro that seems to have numerous issues. It's been diagnosed that the rear diff may need rebuilding and also the centre bearing on the prop needs replacing. My Local garage are going to change the Oil in...