So, I got this FedEx envelope from Audi today. They've changed their maintenance schedule for the A3 TDI. In the original manual, they specified replacing the fuel filter at 55K and 115K miles.
The addendum is a single sheet that you stick into the owner's manual, and specifies that the fuel filter should be replaced at 15K miles and every 20K miles thereafter. Quite a difference from the old schedule -- I wonder if this is their way of addressing the HPFP issues of the CBEA engine.
I'm at 7500 miles now, having had my A3 6.5 months, so I expect to hit 15K in Q1 2011. I'm tempted to take a look at the fuel filter before then, but I don't have much in the way of tools, and from what I've read on other forums, the process for inspecting/replacing the fuel filter is a bit more fiddly than I'd like to handle while the warranty and my AudiCare package are still in effect.
The addendum is a single sheet that you stick into the owner's manual, and specifies that the fuel filter should be replaced at 15K miles and every 20K miles thereafter. Quite a difference from the old schedule -- I wonder if this is their way of addressing the HPFP issues of the CBEA engine.
I'm at 7500 miles now, having had my A3 6.5 months, so I expect to hit 15K in Q1 2011. I'm tempted to take a look at the fuel filter before then, but I don't have much in the way of tools, and from what I've read on other forums, the process for inspecting/replacing the fuel filter is a bit more fiddly than I'd like to handle while the warranty and my AudiCare package are still in effect.