Recent content by pauldazzle

Had my Q3 for a month now & I have a problem with the Rad fans running & staying on after shutting the engine down. Did a forced Regen about a week ago, & got the soot level down to 0.52 grams it was 19 grams before regen. Checked again yesterday & calculated was 12.6 grams but measured was 20.2...

Bought this a couple of weeks ago as a Sunday/Weekend car. My 15th VAG car.

Stat would be the next thing to change.

This came off the Auizine forum. Worth a try. 1. Disconnect battery & connect leads with a jumper wire. Wait 5-10 minutes. 2. Reconnect battery, place key in ignition & initiate reprogramming sequence. 3. Sequence = turn key to "ON" position only, wait 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times. * Press the...

Key has lost communication with the Immobilizer. This might help. http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/132422-Fault-code-17978-quot-Engine-blocked-my-immobiliser-HELP!

It's worth investing inVagcom/VCDS if you are intending to keep the car. Saved me a small fortune over the years with the many VAG cars that I've owned, & several members of this forum too. Coolant Temp Sensor has 2 seperate outputs i.e, one for the gauge & one for the ECU. It's a very common...

Coolant temp sensor would be my 1st suspect followed the MAF sensor, & finally the camshaft position sensor. All of these can be at fault without throwing a fault code. Use genuine parts too as "buy cheap buy twice" is normal for VAG engine sensors.

IIRC correct ET/Offset for A4 B6 is 45.

Brake pedal switch failure. Very common problem & only about £10 for a genuine part.

I think they're the same, but you'd best cross reference with reg no on Eurocarparts etc.

VCDS/Vagcom is really useful, & it does many things, but you can't remap with it. I've owned 9 different VAG cars, & VCDS has paid for itself many times over.

VCDS/Vagcom can't do remapping. My remote worked fine as did the alarm just the immobiliser was disabled. I wouldn't think an A4 B6 would be much of target for a car thief.

It's not as simple as just buying a cable, you'll need specialist software plus the correct OBD2 cable to be able to flash the ECU. When I had my A4 PD 130 I bought a mapped ECU on Ebay with the immobiliser disabled which meant it was plug & play. I have VCDS so was able to enable the...

No they won't fit.

126k just about run in then.:thumbs up: