Audi owners in here!

andicole0 · 28 Sep 2015 at 20:30

Hikari Kisugi said:
So how does one find out if you have a car with an engine involved?

Drivers door label should show engine type. Euro 5 are the dodgy ones I believe.
Andi.

Danger Phoenix · 28 Sep 2015 at 22:18

Does anyone know how I open the right cubby hole in the boot in an A6 2015 Saloon (BiTDI)? I bought a Kufatec Soundbooster for the exhaust actuator and I have been informed that the connection point is in here somewhere:

mjt · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:48

So do we know which Audi engines have been affected by this VAG trickery?

Press say 2.0 TDI on the A3, but surely this engine was used throughout the Audi range?

Antony101 · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:49

mjt said:
So do we know which Audi engines have been affected by this VAG trickery?

Press say 2.0 TDI on the A3, but surely this engine was used throughout the Audi range?

I think the A3 is the only car in the range without an AdBlue tank.

mjt · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:52

Antony101 said:
I think the A3 is the only car in the range without an AdBlue tank.

So my 2010 A6 2.0 TDI has an AdBlue tank? Seems to be kept secret if it has one!
I'd never even heard of the stuff until I googled Merc's Bluetec stuff.

[TW]Fox · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:53

mjt said:
So my 2010 A6 2.0 TDI has an AdBlue tank?
I'd never even heard of the stuff until I googled Merc's Bluetech stuff.

He's presumably talking about Euro 6 cars of which you A6 isn't one.

Antony101 · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:53

mjt said:
So my 2010 A6 2.0 TDI has an AdBlue tank? Seems to be kept secret if it has one!

Not a clue, in the service information slip that came with my car it says something about when the AdBlue tank should be refilled and states below it excludes the A3. It's a newer car though so.

I don't know when they started using it.

mjt · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:54

[TW]Fox;28623993 said:
He's presumably talking about Euro 6 cars of which you A6 isn't one.

Well neither is the A3 mentioned in the press.
It's the facelift 8p model which was affected, no?

mjt · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:58

Just had a look in my service book and it needs an AdBlue refill every 4 years. Fancy that.

Antony101 said:
I don't know anything about this fiasco as I haven't been following it. I just thought maybe the AdBlue thing could have been why it only effected the A3.

Makes sense!

Antony101 · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:58

mjt said:
Well neither is the A3 mentioned in the press.
It's the facelift 8p model which was affected, no?

I don't know anything about this fiasco as I haven't been following it. I just thought maybe the AdBlue thing could have been why it only affected the A3.

Sirrel Squirrel · 30 Sep 2015 at 16:20

I think the Ultra range are the first EU6 cars, which only started coming out around May last year.

Antony101 · 1 Oct 2015 at 01:35

It would appear the 1.6TDI in the A3 has been Euro 6 compliant since 04/2014 so it looks like I won't be getting a recall.

Blackhawk47 · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:53

Check if your Audi is affected by the emissions scandal.

Turns out mine is.

http://microsites.audi.com/servicecampaigns/en-gb/index.html

paradigm · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:26

Mine also (although I knew this already).

Not sure what the unhappy face is all about though.

SDK^ · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:46

Blackhawk47 said:
Check if your Audi is affected by the emissions scandal.
Turns out mine is.

Send it to the crusher !!!

Blackhawk47 · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:47

SDK^ said:
Send it to the crusher !!!

I will do and get a petrol instead.

Especially if it ends up lowering power output or something.

Jokester · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:52

It will be interesting to see what sort of power loss they're going to suffer - if they didn't they wouldn't have bothered cheating!

Blackhawk47 · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:58

Jokester said:
It will be interesting to see what sort of power loss they're going to suffer - if they didn't they wouldn't have bothered cheating!

They can pay me enough money for me to swap into a equivalent petrol TT if thats the case.

SDK^ · 6 Oct 2015 at 20:27

Should have bought a petrol anyway. Why did you get diesel coupe?

S@njay · 6 Oct 2015 at 20:29

Would the emissions be different depending on what setting the car is on?

i.e. on Audi Drive Select you have different modes (Efficiency, Comfort, Dynamic, Auto).

Or is it purely throttle response and steering feel?