GrahamMcCartney
20-10-2008, 07:47 PM
Sorry if this goes on a bit, need to get it off my chest. My '03 reg A4 has had a number of common problems (failed water pump etc.) but any help on diagnosing the latest one would be greatly appreciated. This has been going on for at least 6 months with no end in sight....
I've had the car for the last 3 and a half years and have done about 40k miles in it (60k total now). Earlier this year I thought it sounded a bit noisier at idle and I noticed some vibration through the steering wheel even when not moving. This problem persists to now. Depressing the clutch makes no difference to the vibration.
A trip to Audi resulted in the helpful advice that it might be the tyres (note I pointed out that this happens when I'm not moving), and there was nothing mechanically wrong.
Roll forward 6 months and the car was being serviced by an independent so asked for another check. This time there was a P0314 fault registered on the computer, but as this code doesn't identify which cylinder the single misfire is on, was advised to run the car until I got an engine management warning came on. Result, I'm driving the car half expecting it to break down at any moment, which rather kills driving pleasure.
Maybe because I'm ultra paranoid at the moment I reckon there is a lot more 'boominess' when load increases (eg. going up hill), and I've also noticed that there appears to be some feedback between accelerator pedal and gear knob in lower gears (gear knob physically moves slightly when I press accelerator).
I'm not sure whether I've got more than one problem here or whether they can all be symptoms of the same thing. Any help to get this sorted out would be great, it feels wrong to let it break down as a means of diagnosing what's wrong.
I've had the car for the last 3 and a half years and have done about 40k miles in it (60k total now). Earlier this year I thought it sounded a bit noisier at idle and I noticed some vibration through the steering wheel even when not moving. This problem persists to now. Depressing the clutch makes no difference to the vibration.
A trip to Audi resulted in the helpful advice that it might be the tyres (note I pointed out that this happens when I'm not moving), and there was nothing mechanically wrong.
Roll forward 6 months and the car was being serviced by an independent so asked for another check. This time there was a P0314 fault registered on the computer, but as this code doesn't identify which cylinder the single misfire is on, was advised to run the car until I got an engine management warning came on. Result, I'm driving the car half expecting it to break down at any moment, which rather kills driving pleasure.
Maybe because I'm ultra paranoid at the moment I reckon there is a lot more 'boominess' when load increases (eg. going up hill), and I've also noticed that there appears to be some feedback between accelerator pedal and gear knob in lower gears (gear knob physically moves slightly when I press accelerator).
I'm not sure whether I've got more than one problem here or whether they can all be symptoms of the same thing. Any help to get this sorted out would be great, it feels wrong to let it break down as a means of diagnosing what's wrong.