Hi all

Been away a while since my last post where I thought I had solved my problems, however..........its been with Audi ever since ! I have taken it out of the workshop to let my bank balance have a breather and to seek some advice

Symptoms
Low on power
Smokes like hell on startup (very little on warm start up)
Not firing on all 6

Its not the following......
Sensors of any kind
Glow Plugs
Air mass meter
Injectors
Turbo

During its time in the workshop, 1 glowplug on each head sheared when they tried to remove them, both head had to be stripped adding to my frustration and costs !!

I do know.......
all 6 cylinders are have low readings on the compression test, apparently a good car has between 24 - 30bar pressure. My best cylinder is running at 17, the worst at 10

Its at this point I pulled it out of the main dealer ! They could not narrow it down to anything in particular which is a bit frustrating really, could be a number of things, which could be resolved by a shiney new Audi engine at 5k+

So, before I spend anymore on the money pit I thought I would ask if anyone has any ideas.................,
has anyone experienced anything similar?
Can anyone recommend a place where I can get a replacement engine, and at what sort of cost ?
Is it time to put the thing out of its misery ?

Any comments welcome