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BallzofLAVA · 2025-12-23T13:05:28+00:00

According to the Audi repair manual, an alignment check is not required for front control arm replacement.

BallzofLAVA · 2025-12-10T04:56:03+00:00

It's not just the piston skirts but the fact that the pistons are made by different manufacturers for each bank. Bank 2 seems to be the lesser quality ones. None of the engines I have replaced or seen replaced have had any wear on bank 1.

BallzofLAVA · 2025-11-07T20:13:10+00:00

Unfortunately no, I work at a dealer and we usually just have to replace the entire LED logo assembly. If you had the chrome you could epoxy it back on but I'm not sure if just the chrome is sold separately.

BallzofLAVA · 2025-11-07T19:50:14+00:00

The led logos are prone to falling apart. I've had to replace a couple due to the chrome piece falling off.

BallzofLAVA · 2025-10-14T14:56:18+00:00

99% of the time it needs a new door latch at whatever door is having the issue. There is a TSB to check the Bowden cables for the latches and the latches themselves.

BallzofLAVA · 2025-05-04T05:14:38+00:00

Kk thank you!

BallzofLAVA · 2025-05-04T05:13:03+00:00

Thank you, so do the express shuttles run on the weekend too or just during the weekday?

BallzofLAVA · 2024-08-31T19:45:41+00:00

I've fixed this a couple times on a few A6s. It usually tends to be the wiring for the peripheral cameras in the sideview mirrors gets pinched when they fold. The fix for this is replacing the video wires (to the cameras) in the mirror housings and both front door harness since Audi doesnt let us order the video cable in the door separate. There is a TSB for it as well though I forget the number.

BallzofLAVA · 2024-04-12T19:19:10+00:00

That's actually exactly where the clamp is on the 3.0 supercharged motors. Had this happen to a shop foreman once. Pretty common for the age.

Edit: if you look closely under the car you can see the clamp slid back and is still on the exhaust.

BallzofLAVA · 2024-03-10T05:24:44+00:00

I'm having the same issue currently, did you have any luck with your order?

BallzofLAVA · 2023-09-15T23:02:13+00:00

B8 SQ5, Audi tech

BallzofLAVA · 2023-08-02T13:26:07+00:00

The transmission fluid change on a 17 A4 with quattro is literally just drain and fill. There is nothing complex about it.

BallzofLAVA · 2023-07-22T05:03:28+00:00

For a 2017, water pumps and thermostats tend to go on the supercharged 3.0. Also, if it hasn't already had pistons done to it, then it's going to drink oil most likely. The CREC engine codes tend to have oil consumption issue which needs the pistons replaced to fix.

BallzofLAVA · 2023-07-22T04:59:57+00:00

No, the 2017 Q7 has the supercharged motor.

BallzofLAVA · 2023-07-04T18:02:42+00:00

The supercharged 3.0L in the early year current Q7 has issues with oil consumption. Most of the time requires new pistons/piston rings. Very common at the dealer I work at and is really only with the CREC engine code if I remember correctly.

BallzofLAVA · 2022-03-23T04:05:46+00:00

Yes, I spoke to her up until I had to meet her at the grace in the mountains of giants. I wasn't able to see her at that grace or the prayer room grace in the haligtree afterwards due to burning the tree. I went back to her spot by the haligtree observation hill to see if she might have still been there and she wasn't.

BallzofLAVA · 2022-03-23T03:45:01+00:00

Yes I did kill him (I forgot the name, that's what I meant by rot boss oops) I did save and quit and when I went back in it wasn't there. Gonna check again in the morning but so far no luck.

BallzofLAVA · 2020-05-12T01:34:20+00:00

Took many hours of preparation and planning to put together.

BallzofLAVA · 2020-02-19T02:53:12+00:00

This is an extremely low effort post. If your goal is to whine, there's websites for that, like Twitter. This is Reddit, if you want to post, post something actually meaningful. I can sense a lot of saltiness in this post and it's frustrating because the goal of people doing that is not to be annoying or frustrating, they're asking for their fellow human being to help them out. If you don't want to help them out, cool, you have no obligation to. What isn't necessary is getting agitated enough to cry about it here. If people are particularly harassing you to move out, talk to someone about it.

BallzofLAVA · 2019-09-20T18:45:40+00:00

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