[s-cars] S6 Rack woes - Resolved

[Fred Munro]

Peter;

Glad to hear you found the problem. The carpet sounds like a bit of a mess -
I don't know how you'd get all that oil out unless you want to work with
non-flammable dry-cleaning solvents and a ShopVac - and an air-supplied
respirator. I have seen some stuff that biodegrades oil into a
water-soluable substance - I think it was sold for driveway spill clean-up.
Maybe you can source another carpet from Chris or one of the guys parting
out a car.

Good luck and thanks for the heads-up!

Fred Munro
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Peter Golledge
Sent: August 24, 2009 12:13 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] S6 Rack woes - Resolved

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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