Finally managed to puck up the courage to do the Cam Cover Gasket along with the VVT Unit Gasket.
Here are the bits and bobs:
Lets Commence:
Charge Pipe Off, N249 Unit off and a few other bits:
Then once coil packs where out and undid the cam cover bolts.... Hereâs the upper insides:
And then I peeled off the gasket, very brittle in places but I suppose itâs done its job after 135,500miles.
Then I slacken off the tension on the chain, and undid the bolts on the VVT Unit. Pulled off the gasket and popped out the half Moon Gasket. New Gaskets in, and redid the VVT unit bolts down.
Then I tackled the cleaning process of the Cam Cover.
Then it was time to clean up the head contact areaâs before the gasket kit went on. VAG Sump Sealant was used on the corners and head it went over the cams.
Time to get the cover back on and start to refit various parts. When cover was back on decided to fit my new NGK BKR7E plugs which where gapped before hand.
Then finally the end result.......
Then I jacked the car up, supported on axles stands and dropped the oil. Old Oil filter off in which case only did 4,000miles. New Sump Plugs then fitted and then fresh Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 was put in.
Whilst I had all the N249 System off, it was a good time to do a delete. Unfortunately the stub on the N112 Valve decided to break. Had No option but to bypass this and leave the N112 Valve electronically connected just like the N249. Another job in the pipeline now, is to remove the SAI system and blank it off.
Overall... After 2 weeks of driving not one drip of oil has leaked from the Cam Cover. Fairly easy and self explanatory job.... which in my case took nearly 5 hours, which I did spend doing it properly and de-greasing and cleaning various items.
The S3 is happy and Iâm happy ;-)