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    Post Cat O2 sensor replacement on B5 2.8L

    Does anyone have experience with this? I crawled under my car yesterday, hoping to take this on but am bewildered by the wire routing that runs above the exhaust and propeller shaft and disappears above the transmission. I found nothing in the Bentley Manual about this procedure. Is it possible...
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    Why does Wheel Speed Sensor contact Relutor Ring?

    I had destroyed my old seized in rear wheel speed sensors while trying to remove them and bought 2 very expensive OEM sensors to replace them. When I pushed them in, they would not go in all of the way to the "fully seated" position. Still a fraction of on inch left of the shiny barrel exposed...
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    Lubricant for wheel speed sensor

    While removing the rear wheel bearing housings on my '97 B5 I made the mistake of trying to remove the wheel speed sensors and now that I've looked into it find that I should have disconnected them under the back seat, removing the wire with the WB housings. I ended up destroying both of the...
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    Flareing brake lines

    Hello! I'm in the process of replacing just about everything in the rear of my 1997 A4 Quattro 2.8L 12v. While removing the rear lower control arms today I destroyed two brake line flare nut fittings. I had to cut the fittings off the lines that disappear up over the top of the rear subframe...
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    Final Drive axle flange seals

    Hello! I am about to replace the rear axles on my '97 B5 Quattro and feel that, while I have the old ones out, should replace the final drive/differential axle flange seals. I don't detect any leaks. Does anyone have experience with replacing those seals? Are they a pain to remove/replace...