Playing with an Audi SQ5 TDI

[Sharkie]

Good work Lucas!

Did the VW gear oil bottle come with the pump attachment? If not, where did you get it from?

Over the last couple of months I serviced the (old but new to it) front diff on the Amarok and the gearbox on the Up!. Had to do it with a funnel and a measuring jug/cup

Next would be the (old but new to it) transfer case and rear diff on the Amarok, so a gadget like that would be great.

[Lucas_R]

The pump I have is this "little mate pump" from Penrite. It works well but just struggles with the last 100ml in the bottle (sucks up air) so I had to get creative to get the last 100ml into the diff. Penrite Little Mate Pump | Supercheap Auto

I also have one of these which I had forgotton about, but will use this to do the front diff and transfer case. I also have a larger one which im hoping will come in handy to refill the gearbox oil.

[Lucas_R]

If anyone is interested in an immaculate 2015 Audi SQ5 then we are soon going to be trying to find a new home for this girl. We are moving to a 1 car family.

Wife got a new job which is much closer to home, and easier for her to catch public transport rather than deal with peak hour traffic and pay for parking - so have decided to sell both the SQ5 and the Fiesta ST and get a newer car (quite possibly a newer SQ5) to replace it.

So with most driving now going to be short <10 minute drives with me going to work, ive decided that its time to move away from diesel and go to a petrol engine, as short drives are not great for modern diesel engines.

[Sharkie]

If anyone is interested in an immaculate 2015 Audi SQ5 then we are soon going to be trying to find a new home for this girl. We are moving to a 1 car family.

Wife got a new job which is much closer to home, and easier for her to catch public transport rather than deal with peak hour traffic and pay for parking - so have decided to sell both the SQ5 and the Fiesta ST and get a newer car (quite possibly a newer SQ5) to replace it.

So with most driving now going to be short <10 minute drives with me going to work, ive decided that its time to move away from diesel and go to a petrol engine, as short drives are not great for modern diesel engines.

Get the petrol SQ5, much much better than the diesel .....

for instance carsales.com.au getting quite cheap now and a lot of of car for the money

Put a Miltek cat back on it and it will sing ....

[Lucas_R]

Get the petrol SQ5, much much better than the diesel .....

for instance carsales.com.au getting quite cheap now and a lot of of car for the money

Put a Miltek cat back on it and it will sing ....

Yes it will be a petrol SQ5 which is more suited to short drives. Only looking at 2019 onwards models as the earlier ones have rocker arm failures which cost about $10-12k to rectify as engine needs to be removed. So to get a fully specc'd 2019 model with about 60,000km its about $55-60k. There are a few that im going to look at over the next few weeks.

[Sharkie]

Yes it will be a petrol SQ5 which is more suited to short drives. Only looking at 2019 onwards models as the earlier ones have rocker arm failures which cost about $10-12k to rectify as engine needs to be removed. So to get a fully specc'd 2019 model with about 60,000km its about $55-60k. There are a few that im going to look at over the next few weeks.

Interesting, I did not know that about the rocker arm failures. I was seriously looking about 2 years ago for 1, ended up buying the new T-Roc R instead, mainly because I could not justify buying the wife an SQ5 at $90K (back then) when all she really needed was a mid range model (the way she drives ). Good thing I suppose, given I wasn't aware of the issues.

Really happy with the T-Roc R, and unless you absolutely need to go 1 size up to a SQ5, it is a lot of R car for the money (circa $60K its the same as a 2019 SQ5 and new with full warranty). Bet its cheaper to run and mod too.

[Lucas_R]

I really like the T-Roc R, but as an only car for 3x people it’s just not big enough unfortunately. We regularly go on holidays and have to transport the 3 of us, our suitcases as well as a large dog (Weimerarner) and cat and we struggle to fit all that in the SQ5.

I have also suggested a Tiguan R which is a more appropriate size, but the wife wants another SQ5.

For around $60 the SQ5 is great value. In fact, we paid $63k for our current 2015 model SQ5 back in 2018 with 28,000km on the clock.