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its a shame this place wasn't in the UK(rebuilds your damper for about £70

http://www.dalemfg.com/harmonicbalancer_018.htm

There is also a very good expliation of what the vibration damper does ...

interesting reading indeed!

excuse my lack of knowledge but what is the vacuum pump for and why would a worn pump give off this noise and only at low speeds?

many thanks
rusty

The vac pump ...

PM me your reg and I'll try at my TPS

If you haven't yet just check the wiring in the gaiter that goes between the tailgate and roof it's prone to crack, break and short out at this age, which could be causing your issue on one of the fee ...

http://www.audifans.net/ftopict-29703.html

That's the link to my old thread which I guess you were meaning, sounds like a similar issue, maybe a log would be good, I was getting overboost leading t ...

You can rule out the vac pump by removing the plunger, it's much easier if you get the engine at TDC (vac pump cam off lobe), and remove the vac pump extract the drive plunger (a strong magnet is good ...

is it like a loud hydraulic Tappet noise? if so it's likely the vacuum pump and or the vac pump push rod...

thats good news then,need to buy prams/cots etc etc 1st though Shock

No sympathy from me.. you should have kept it in your trousers mate Laughing

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I also recommend while you are doing it you replace the front strut damper cap nut. the plastic damper protector support that should be fitted greased and worked so it turns freely on ...

just a bit of technical input.. when I fitted the 60/40 kit to pauls car I looked at the front springs before fitting and thought it might sit almost as low mine, (spax springs / koni adjustable), whi ...

Is the S6 done the same as the TDI? it's not until you look at how it works you understand why the torque of the main bolt & the 4 smaller allen bolts is so critical. The key way is just a datum t ...

Well lucky it's not taken out the engine.... in some cases it's camshaft a few valves, worst case head too.. best course of action is replace it with new genuine to be sure, also previous posting with ...

I've edited my previous post with link which was wrong, but the key image is this one..

http://www.idua.co.uk/pictures/audi/tditiming_007.jpg

So use the wheel turning to get it so far then a sma ...

Not much time today due to work.. that video guide is good but I cannot belive they are turning engine over against cylinder compresion using the camshaft pulley.. that will be loading the cambelt in ...

never turn engine over via camshaft, either turn crankshaft using pulley bolt or for small amounts turn via starter ring gear teeth through the timing hole in the belhousing under the injection pump.. ...

It can also be the throttle control part on the side of the pump, but that doesn't usually leak unless someone has messed with it at some point..

The IQ will still need to be fine tuned if you tak ...

Pump timing being too retarded will cause the smoking when going into basic settings for vag com timing graph..

you could try advancing the pump a little then retry, they start better advanced and ...

Not sure what the p/n is as I've never needed new ones myself all mine have been cut from an A6 loom, my etka doesn't specify the pins.. I do have some spare here though so could send you 4 for £10.00 ...

I might have the parts you need here as i just got an a6 in to break that has the norrower radio, will look at what is there later as I'm not sure if it's complete. list exactly all the parts you want ...

looking at the pic it's repairable, temporally but you need a small (inch or so) piece of exhaust tube the correct diameter to fit inside the pipe where its split & two jubilee clips

great idea, if it were say half the cost of the audi one and better quality ideal.. I have a complete one on my car so will donate that and make a bodge one for mine if need be if you can't find one e ...

Genuine arms are so much better.. just a shame they are so much more expensive, when and if my genunie arms (with inner bush replaced) ball joints finally do go, i'll probably stump up and get audi on ...

I have a p/n for the newer snubber at work, will post tomorrow, not expensive about £15 from memory

no nothing amiss it's just the years of heat and oily induction gasses, the rubber breaks down, most of these hoses go around the 10year age which if you think about it, is pretty good.. just a shame ...

you won't get much change from £100 but you can repair with a suitably sized smail piece of exhaust tube that will fit inside the hose then jubly cliped down to it..

These pipes die from oil conta ...

found another I remember reading here too:-

http://www.audifans.net/ftopict-17196.html

not sure, I seem to remember Gib mentioning the readers can loose power or induction so not able to energize the immo..

this also may be of use:-

http://www.audifans.net/ftopict-29679.html

You can only get into 8L0 central locking pumps, so if you have an 4A0 it doesn't have a scanable interface, or if it does it's not enabled, so although ours are often Frankenstein cars, you have to h ...

Aftermarket tensioners usually come with bolt, but genuine you have to order separately, I know of a few that have failed, but not the bolts fault just it had been reused too many times when it should ...

Well you can do it like that but it is not the correct way to set it up.. you set the engine to tdc piston no1 (easier on the manual, harder to do on the auto), the with camshaft in locked position wi ...