Replacement Crankcase Breather tube - RT/NF/NG Engine

[rob hod]

    The little wire bundle is only about 1.5" long and maybe 3/4" wide, and
squishy, so its not long enough to be preventing collapse. In fact its
amazing it doesn't disappear up the pipe into the main intake trunking. Not
having the etka I have no way of finding much about it, I'll ask the spares
guys next time I go to the dealer.

    When I said 'kit' what I should have said was 'If you ask for a
replacement breather pipe this is what they will offer you',
    its a supersession thingy. You may well be able to find the clips
cheaper, but they fit and you can use your dinky 7mm socket to tighten them.
Also worth noting my earlier remarks about the hoses too

    If you ask your dealer nicely you may get 5% off.

    Part numbers are;
Dealer List GBP
    054 103 227a - replacement steel tube
29.28
 *   N10258201 16-28 mm terry clip
1.05
  *  N90561801 12-22 mm ""   ""  (Used on blanking cap)
.84
    N0245077    32-50 mm "" ""
1.51
    054 103 223a - Vac hose 50mm Length x approx 29mm i.d.
6.62
    054 103 223 - "" ""   ""      50 mm L x 16mm i.d.
6.62
    049 103 389 Blanking cap.
1.44

* Part no and price match, but the clips were loose not marked with p/n so
this is an informed guess.

    HTH
    Cheers

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicholas Lawrence <nick at beol.net>
To: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Replacement Crankcase Breather tube - RT/NF/NG Engine


> Could the wire be there to maintain the shape of the rubber tube that is
> under vac.
> Do you have any p/n for kit parts from Audi oor will the parts man know
from
> description?
> Nick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: quattro at audifans.com <quattro at audifans.com>
> Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001 9:10 AM
> Subject: Replacement Crankcase Breather tube - RT/NF/NG Engine
>
>
> >
> >    I thought i'd add this for the archives as much as anything;
> >
> >    The RT and I beleive the NF/NG all use the same badly designed rubber
> >tube from the crankcase breather. Its about 10" long , tapered  and
> >collapses after a couple of years. Apart from a visual check you can test
> >whether it is internally collapsed by removing the oil filler cap with
the
> >engine at idle. If the revs drop/ engine stalls you're OK. If the revs
> don't
> >change then your crankcase breathing is defective.
> >
> > There is a replacement kit available from Audi which i've just fitted.
It
> >consists of a tapered steel tube  with bends in it replacing the old
rubber
> >item , two short hoses, a blanking cap for a take off from the steel tube
> >and three clips. Total cost was 51 GBP after a small amount of discount.
It
> >all fits very nicely.
> >
> >    The only part that *has* to come from Audi is the breathertube at
> >29.28GBP, the rest is just stuff you could prob. get elsewhere, though I
> >would guess the hoses are vacuum rated and also fairly high quality, as
the
> >crankcase fumes will rot heater type hoses in about 6 months flat.
> Something
> >has to justify the fact that they were more than 6GBP each.
> >
> >    I have one related question that someone may be able to answer. In
the
> >old tube I found a little twisted bundle of wire. I guess it is there to
> >trap lumps of coke or sludge that get sucked up. Anyone come across this
> >item? Will it lodge nicely in the new tube?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >rob
> >
> >
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