Not yet no. Who did you use to change it and what sort of price did you pay?
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Sorry I'm a bit late to the party, welcome to the forum.
Have you got your oil pump balance shaft changed yet?
These are the guys to get it from-
https://www.kmbpartsdirect.co.uk/shop/
I highly recommend them, it's done on an exchange basis.
I've got a 2.0tdi bus myself, but with a BRE.
I had mine changed at 154k and not before time.
Not yet no. Who did you use to change it and what sort of price did you pay?
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Recent pic after a bath last week whilst I waited for covid results.
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Agreed Phil and that's why I still have my old bus, it old yes, it's problematic yes, but it works for me and I until something comes up that ticks all the boxes and looks as good it will be here to stay .I can't help thinking every time I see a B7 Avant - what a beautiful design they are, from every angle. Kudos to Audi for making fast estates.....!
Agreed Phil and that's why I still have my old bus, it old yes, it's problematic yes, but it works for me and I until something comes up that ticks all the boxes and looks as good it will be here to stay .
Agreed Phil and that's why I still have my old bus, it old yes, it's problematic yes, but it works for me and I until something comes up that ticks all the boxes and looks as good it will be here to stay .
@Alex Holmes because they are a timeless design. Not many mass produced 16 year old designs still look as good as this.
@samyam Let us know how you get on. I've yet to delete my own but it's definitely on the cards. I'd also be tempted to remove the inlet manifold and give it a thorough cleaning too. It will surprise how much build up occurs there too
Is it a fairly easy job? I read you can fit a different manifold without the flaps. Not sure on which one and not sure I can get in the scrap yards at the moment.
I need to go the scrappy I’m after a rocker cover and a standard stereo too
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BKD manifold fits, with no swirl flaps. It's the same manifold part number, but with no H suffix.
Was full of carbon, and real pain in the butt to clean effectively, but worth it.
I also modified mine to enable better access to the oil filter, but with your shape of replacement pipe and gasket you won't be able to.
When you've removed the cooler the blanking hole on the turbo is an ideal access for cleaning that also.
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Wow thanks some great advice there!! Can the flaps be removed and blanked like in the vectras with the z19dth lumps? Looks quite easy to work on access wise
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Wow thanks some great advice there!! Can the flaps be removed and blanked like in the vectras with the z19dth lumps? Looks quite easy to work on access wise
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Bit more of an update.
Wife has covid so I’m having to self isolate so decided today I’d remove my dpf and gut it.
Went pretty well but the **** hole before me had put inch and a half m8 bolts in the exhaust and dpf flange and took forever to get out usually I’d do it up the farm on the ramp not on the floor.
Anyway. Didn’t cut the dpf like most do just smashed it through with a long bar and a big hammer. Removed the egr cooler too aswell as the egr piping tomorrow I’ll refit the dpf and my egr blank then have a search for someone local for a map.
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Pros: No visible tampering
Con: More time consuming
Con: Can't remove and refit if required original (No going back). New DPF required if needed.
From my experience if the engines is a common rail it wont smoke my Mercedes never had a dpf and was mapped and never smoked, so if the engine is a common rail I'm assuming your be all good on the smoke side.Will it cause smoke ?= mot failure
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From my experience if the engines is a common rail it wont smoke my Mercedes never had a dpf and was mapped and never smoked, so if the engine is a common rail I'm assuming your be all good on the smoke side.
Sorry should of clarified me personally I don't know if the Audi engines are common rail or not that's something your have to look into or hopefully someone can share some light on situation but if it is common rail from my experience it shouldn't smoke.Pd 170 brd
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Sorry should of clarified me personally I don't know if the Audi engines are common rail or not that's something your have to look into or hopefully someone can share some light on situation but if it is common rail from my experience it shouldn't smoke.