[s-cars] S6 Rack woes - Resolved

[mike claire]

I'd try Simple Green.  I think it will break the oil down into something
that can be shop vac'd out with clean water.  Home Depot sells concentrate
by the gallon.



On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com>wrote:

> Listers,
>
>
>
> After disassembling the fittings on my reman Jorgen rack for the S6 I
> figured out the issue.  I put the check valve into the rack. on the RETURN
> side.  If only Audi had put two different sized lines into the ports on the
> rack both the "Swap the lines" and "Swap the banjos" screw-ups could be
> avoided!  It doesn't help that both ETKA and the Bentley don't
> differentiate
> the fscking banjo bolts!
>
>
>
> A quick (candid) phone call to Jorgen and they demonstrated what a class
> act
> they are.  The manager (Roger) explained that they had assumed past
> failures
> to be the reversal of the lines; they have explicit tagging for that. They
> recently figured out that an S6 rack can be ruined by reversing the banjo
> bolts and are getting their tags updated!  They are also working to get me
> another rack ASAP.
>
>
>
> So in summary ensure that the check valve part 1J0 422 529 A goes on the
> High pressure hose (with the pigtail!) and N 903 580 03 (plain Banjo) on
> the
> return.  Hopefully this helps a few listers avoid this drama..  On another
> note, a lot of the helpful documentation out there (both on Audifans and
> other sites) fails to mention one key part of making any Audi rack swap a
> little less painful; install the Banjos and hand tighten after the rack is
> in but BEFORE bolting the rack up to the car.  Once the rack is bolted up
> then do the final torque on the Banjos.  The opposite works for rack
> removal
>
>
>
> Still need to if anyone good technique for getting all of the oil out of
> the
> carpet in the footwell?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> --
>
> Peter Golledge
>
>
>
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