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    Ball Bearing in Cylinder!

    OK, who has the brain trust on this one? My A6 BRE engine has been loosing coolant and has water in the oil. But other than that running fine. Garage just removed a glow plug to pressure test the engine, and found a ball bearing in one pot!!!! Ideas? Any ideas appreciated! Cheers Dave
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    A4 / A6 power

    Let me know how it goes...
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    A4 / A6 power

    Just replaced my EGR Valve (it was broken), the one I took off was 30% clogged with tar. I have had poor performance for 3 years (but OK ish), with new clean valve it goes like a bomb. When I got mine it had done 60k, now 110k. Wish I had known this sooner. This could be the cause of the...
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    Removal of wire or vacume pipe to intake manifold actuator???

    Well, I went back and had another pull and it came straight off..... Fitted new EGR Valve, (£157 from gsf parts), due to worn tooth in actuator gearing, and cleaned out manifold, it now accellerates MUCH better even than when I got it at 60k, now 110k, and I think fuel economy may have...
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    Removal of wire or vacume pipe to intake manifold actuator???

    FYI, its a 2.0 TDI BRE. Picture of the manifold half off here http://sdrv.ms/19hqmRu Thanks in advance.
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    Removal of wire or vacume pipe to intake manifold actuator???

    Hi, really hoping someone can give me a pointer here. I have my EGR Valve off, and the manifold it attaches too, but cannot get the manifold off the car as there is a thin black pipe to an actuator that controls flaps in the manifold. How do I disconnect this? I have pulled with moderate...