Audi Q5 and EA189 engine - does it have defeat software?
Does this engine which uses Adblue injection likely to have the defeat system software fitted?
Asked on 3 October 2015 by dinners
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Honest John
The original Q5 has the EA288 2.0 TDI. But from April 2012 it was fitted with the newer EA288 2.0 TDI with a little bit more power (177PS for the EA288 vs 170PS for the EA189). The EA288 is the EU6 engine and as far as I know it does not need the 'defeat' software to achieve EU6 0.08g/km NOx.
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