What's best to do?

[mattylondon]

Originally Posted by Norrs2

Thanks for the advice mate!

Tried initially to get a 2nd hand unit but could't get one (even from the sponsers) that had a matching part number (essential apparently or the ECU won't match) Lost the will to fix it now!

Yeah, you need to extract the binary from the original TCU and flash that over to the replacement box. PITA.

[Norrs2]

Originally Posted by mattylondon

Yeah, you need to extract the binary from the original TCU and flash that over to the replacement box. PITA.

Thanks Matt!

It sure is a PITA.

Then you have the issue fitting a 2nd hand unit. It could fail, it could have issues, problems matching it etc.

Not worth it on a 200k car.

[mattylondon]

It gets expensive real quick without much guarantees while the labour costs keep increasing.

Have you tried a transmission flush as a 'cheapish' option to see if it does anything?

[Norrs2]

Originally Posted by mattylondon

It gets expensive real quick without much guarantees while the labour costs keep increasing.

Have you tried a transmission flush as a 'cheapish' option to see if it does anything?

My mate with his own garage (pretty clued up on Audi's) drove it a few feet and with the 'mettalic' noises coming from the box, he's positive there's bearings but more probably gears lunching themselves.

As you say, lots of other expenditure, particularly labour can soon mount!