Shavings man
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Hi all hope all's well. Anyone had any experience with the audi q7 good or bad towing ECT? Thanks in advance Richard.
Is this general to the 3.0 tdi fitted to cars also?What year?...there is a known inlet manifold issue on pre-2008 (i think) 3 ltr tdi engine. This model/year has 3 manifolds and from what i remember you're looking at £600-£800 per manifold and once one goes the others follow soon after.
You can get repair kits for them - but waste of time.
Dealers are crap here also. Cars aren't that great either nowadays. 134k€ for Q7 with 4 wheel steering and rear end electric motor, f that.Jaysus, I can tell you now you are not alone in that regard when it comes to Audi dealer experiences. It puts me off ever having an Audi.
Is this general to the 3.0 tdi fitted to cars also?
Yes. It's the spindles for the variable length change over which even on worn allow the stepper motor to travel too far or jam , which sets limp mode. You can bodge it abit by adding a physical end stop but they don't last long.
Also a factory tow bitch equipped car will have the extra plates in the trans cooler and the 2nd cooling fan installed - they must be installed if you tow more than a Halfords trailer !!
The issue with inlet manifold flap valves is common to many vehicles, including BMW such as the X5 and Range Rover with the BMW engine.
Flippety flappety pains in the arse.Not in the same manner tho..
BMW had a propensity to swallow their flaps due to the screws coming out.
VW have them sticking in some of their fsi engines due to carbon build up.
The 1.9 fiat motor often in GM cars the intake almost entirely fills with soot and the flaps spindles break.
Not in the same manner tho..
BMW had a propensity to swallow their flaps due to the screws coming out.
VW have them sticking in some of their fsi engines due to carbon build up.
The 1.9 fiat motor often in GM cars the intake almost entirely fills with soot and the flaps spindles break.
Wasn't it in the 4 cylinder BMW engines that the parts came off and got ingested by the turbocharger or similar? Whilst the 6 cylinder ones just seemed to get fouled up.