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  1. JohnboyC

    DREADED,,, ESP LIGHT !

    Pray its not your steering wheel sensor........I had to pay £300 (£175 for the part & £125 labour) to get mine sorted - as the steering wheel angle sensor is all part of the steering wheel slip ring assembly....I do have the B6 style 6 button MFSW though, so if you don't have an MFSW it should...
  2. JohnboyC

    OEM AVANT ROOF BARS.

    I have the OEM AUDI A4 Avant roof bars...and I use Mont Blanc manufactured Audi Cycle carriers....they work great with our Claude Butler hybrids..... The ONE problem I have with the Audi OEM roof bars is that they cannot be locked...you are reliant on a Torx screw at either end of teh roof bar...
  3. JohnboyC

    Engine management light !

    My car is a 2.5TDi Quattro Sport Avant......2003 vintage.....and this is the 2nd electrical, what looks like, expensive problem this year :-(
  4. JohnboyC

    Engine management light !

    Well folks...hooked up my VAG-Com this evening...and got the following error 19559 - Motor for Intake Manifold Flap V157 Malfunction P3010-35-10 Intermittent. Tried resetting, but as soon as I switched off ignition and back on, the fault came back instantly. Been quoted £175 to fix by a local...
  5. JohnboyC

    Engine management light !

    Hmmm...must be the time of year...my Engine Managment Warning light came on this morning also.....will scan it tonite.....somehow my Audi must "know" that I am due some back pay.....
  6. JohnboyC

    Couple of faults

    Well...the ASC and ABS lights are not coming on...after Volkservice at Blackpool diagnosed the fault......an intermittant Slip Ring & Steering wheel angle sensor.....they tried all the usual stuff 1st...like checking or intermittant wiring, etc......BUT the slip ring and sensor (cannot buy...
  7. JohnboyC

    Couple of faults

    Hi all... Its a long time since I posted on here as my A4 2.5 TDi Quattro Sport Avant has been mega reliable...I bought it 4 .5 years ago with 24K on the clock.........its now showing 78K and I have to say I am mega impressed with it. (only gripe is the tyre wear - £600 a year on tyres , and a...
  8. JohnboyC

    A4 Avant Roof Channel rusting

    Hi folks.....been away a while.... Anyway we have had some good weather recently, so have started going over my 2.5 TDi Q Sport Avant to touch up the winter damage (stone chips, etc). On giving the car a good wash and dry off I noticed rust bubbling up on one of the roof channels...
  9. JohnboyC

    Query - how long do clutches last for

    Was watching Wheeler Dealers last night and they were changing the clutch on a Subaru Impreza WRX (Y Reg).....Brewer was saying thatthe clutches in these cars only last for about 75K miles.... Got me thinking....realising Audi's are in a different league Subaru's what sort of mileage are you...
  10. JohnboyC

    B6 Steering creaking

    Cheers....I had an advisory on the MOT for one of the front suspension arms...may well get those ball joints checke when it goes in to be fixed......does it mean the ball joints are knackered tho if they creak ?
  11. JohnboyC

    B6 Steering creaking

    When approaching almost full lock I can hear creaking from somewhere....sounds daft I know In normal town driving no noise..but only when I am doing slow maneuvers...any ideas wher ethis noise is coming from folks ?
  12. JohnboyC

    Why does my SPORT not have OBC or Armrest? :Fuming:

    My A4 Avant 2.5 TDi Quattro Sport is now well spec'd - I fitted the rear window blinds, RNS-e, Glovebox CD Changer, OEM Bluetooth, and RS4 ARB. York Audi retrofitted the Cruise Control before I purchased the car, and Hazzydayz fitted the A4 B6 MFSW.....eveything else was on my car :-) The ONE...
  13. JohnboyC

    Water pump and cambelt service

    Top tip.... Check out Stafford Audi Main Dealer prices on e-bay i.e. £395 for a V6 AUDI CAMBELT AND TENSIONER CHANGE - A4/A6/ALLROAD V6 on eBay (end time 15-Nov-10 16:43:52 GMT) I told Preston Audi I was going to Stafford Audi to get the job done....PLUS the Water Pump....Preston Audi...
  14. JohnboyC

    Found Sync. climate control setting :)

    2 years ? Hmmmmm.... Anyways another useful feature is that if you switch off ignition, remove key, get out of car and one of the windows is open, if you hold down the lock button on the keyfob then the open window will close - have to admit it took me a year of car ownership to realise that...
  15. JohnboyC

    Viewing well spec'd 3.0. Price?

    Yep....looks good to me....especially if its getting the cambelt done... Check the tyres though....I get around 15K miles out of my 2.5TDi Q Sport and st £150 a corner getting a set of 4 decent tyres is not cheap (if its got 18" rims it should be on 235 40 ZR 18's)
  16. JohnboyC

    Warranties????

    I have the AA "breakdown" insurance costs about £69 quid (if you are a member) and covers £500 towards the costs of any one repair from or as result of a breakdown at the side of the road. It does me....you can claim up to 5 times a year ....may not cover everything but it certainly lessons the...
  17. JohnboyC

    Just bought my first AUDI !! 2.5 tdi 180 Avant Sport

    Yep...welcome to the forum....
  18. JohnboyC

    AA screw up, towed my quattro on a spec frame.

    I had same problem when my A4 Avant Quattro was broadsided by a 40 tonne juggernaught on the M25. Complete passenger side was trashed. Front lower bumper was fine, but was damaged by the car transfer company which transferred my car back up north. All sorted by the transfer companies insurance !
  19. JohnboyC

    Tyres & Quattro

    I definatly notice more noise from the quattro system during very low speed manoevres when the tyres wear down to the wear blocks......new tyres fix's it !
  20. JohnboyC

    Rear brake pad replacement

    One of my mates spent hours trying to fit the rear brake pads using pliers & screwdriver....I lent him my caliper reset tool and it took minutes to fit them......so top tip - use the right tool and its a pi$$ easy job......