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That's great and possibly useful if it explains why the solenoid went after the engine was removed to do the chains. It also sounds like getting at the solenoid might have disturbed the headlamp leveling gear? or is my mental map upside down. It smells fishy that nothing should go wrong (almost) for...

...now everyone is here and paying attention, are any of you mechanically/electronically minded? Just two months ago I had the car serviced, and a week later something went badly wrong. Eventually a stealer fixed it at an hourly rate of £75 which with parts resulted in a bill of £3604.43 for three n...

mine was a worn track rod end!

there was no oil level warning over the 50 miles covered since the service-it's probably bad luck - I can't believe a straightforward service could bu88er the chain

JUST been serviced (i.e. 30 miles ago) at a main dealer so I hope brand new oil-it's not just a noise, its easily audible from the drivers seat, and the valve timing is erratic hence diagnosis of a floppy chain

My 06 plate 52k saloon was serviced last week, and on Friday at startup sounded TERRIBLE with a chattering from the NS cylinder head. Today's diagnosis is a timing chain problem, or failed tensionner. The cure (hopefully) is to take the engine out, (25+ hours at Audi rates @£95 + VAT) to replace all...

My 06 plate 52k saloon was serviced last week, and on Friday at startup sounded TERRIBLE with a chattering from the NS cylinder head. Today's diagnosis is a timing chain problem, or failed tensionner. The cure (hopefully) is to take the engine out, (25+ hours at Audi rates @£95 + VAT) to replace all...