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Maybe get someone local to check it with their vagcom before buying it. Although I have a copy and don't even own an audi any longer! It is a worthwhile buy.

A £300 quid answer though.

If the lights do not flash, this generally means the alarm is not armed. You may have an issue with a door, boot or bonnet sensor. VAG-COM will identify this, I would say however that its HIGHLY unlikely that a previous owner would have used VAG-COM to disable the alarm confirmation lights. I'll...

Its a smoke test and they should not bounce it off the governor (that's the correct name for the "limiter"). The correct procedure is to take the car for at least a 5 mile run, with high engine speed to get the engine hot then run the car in to the garage and test it straight away. Any delay is...

I would be a bit concerned about that, although it may only be bits of red hot carbon deposits being ejected.

This is very old, and the camera car is an M3.

If as you say its coming in through the vents then its most likely to be coming from under the bonnet, I'd be suspicious if the garage hadn't found anything though. As PW says, the only thing that could be kicking out a stink under bonnet is the EGR or the PCV, I'd be inclined to check those...

Crankcase breather fumes are totally different to exhaust fumes, they smell totally different. If a breather hose were off you'd see loads of oily deposits around the area it was split/disconnected. Open the boot after a run and have smell in there, the air recirc wont eliminate the fumes if...

Sorry but that's a red herring in my opinion, how would exhaust fumes be escaping from under the bonnet? No hoses carry exhaust fumes either. Inside your boot on both sides are exit only vents, one on either side in the well behind the wheelarch, check to make sure they are sealing properly...

I always found it best to have a short run in the car and let it sit for about 10 minutes to allow all the oil to drain back down into the sump before pulling the plug.

i'll say!

Jesus, that bloke has ferrari's, lamborghinis and a maybach!

Flush it through with a 50:50 mix of diesel and cheap engine oil.

That's right but mineral oil does not normally go as low as synth.

The makeup of the oil shouldn't make a difference in that case Andy, its the viscosity that is the issue, on really worn engines if the oil is too thin then it may not protect the engine components properly as its not thick enough to bridge some of the tolerances, ie hydraulic lifters may not...

thats not what clarkson would have you believe, he reckons all the ***** that owned M3's now own Audis

0G1 = Gearshift lever glad its got one of them, may be tricky driving it without....

lol

take it you'll be investing in a tracker?

you can't mix them, dot4 is mineral based and dot 5.1 is silicone based. you would need to flush the system with meths if you want to replace 4 with 5.1