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h8dcers6
May 1st, 2012, 18:05
:addict: Hi folks had my rs6 for about 4 years now but only ever used it in the summer months for the last 2 years without problems !! just got fresh mot and tax ready for the sunshine to come out and all was going well untill this morning when the brakes went hard and the revs started to take on a life of there own , i have been advised of the purge valve or the brake vacum valve but im struggling to find the location of them , can anybody HELP ??
Welcome, and I'm sorry.. this is a huge bitch. The elusive suction jet pump.. Its under the intake manifold. I will try and find a link to my post ..
this is where it sits.. half of it showing, as the other part connects to the manifold (which is removed). Where you see the red dot is part of it, and where the seal that fails is.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/ckreidel/Audi%20RS6/IMAG1355.jpg
Here is the belly of the manifold, where the pump was when I pulled it apart.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/ckreidel/Audi%20RS6/IMAG1359.jpg
This is my saga with finding this problem, and how I went about trying to do the repair myself... its quite labor intensive.
http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/23948-Rough-idle?highlight=
mik15
May 1st, 2012, 20:26
this is another usual problem with these cars that will occur at some point no matter what you do...i've had it too about couple a months ago and if i remember well in the same time with Brav and like he says, it's quite labor intensive, the parts are cheap but the labor was for me at the dealership around $800, of course you can do it by yourself if you have the time, tools and patience, it's not quite an easy job, i am sure Brav can tell you that :)
Part of my problem is I wanted to do a lot of other things while inside her.. like repair intercoolers and rip out the aux radiators and plumbing.
In the end, I wish I would have paid someone. BUT I learned a hell of a lot, and could do it a lot easier the next time, heaven forbid..