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This is why I don't go into specifics with my videos. People need to be responsible for their own parts sourcing... it's never a good idea to just rely on generic videos. Service manual & parts catalog information will provide required information. Heater core hose o-ring can be reused 95% of the time.

Yes, it has a tapered leading edge that can be useful to get between 2 items. At the beginning of the video I'm pressing it between 2 plastic pieces. Rather than just pull on the plastic pipe, I'm using the tool to push from the back while I pull. Sometimes, the pipe pulls out easily... without having to use any tools.

@@Deafjustin Putting back together is also fun! =)

@@EXOVCDS yes I wish with you and enjoy together

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You can probably make it fit in your T3!

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What year vehicle? '93 and newer have a little tab that needs to be pressed... to release the connector.

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Remove the plastic intake tube from the throttle body... have someone turn the key to ON and step on the gas pedal. With the throttle partially or fully open, spray some brake parts cleaner into the throttle body. Release gas pedal / let throttle close. Try to start engine (intake tube can stay off). Does engine sound like it wants to start? If yes, then spark is OK. Let me know what happens and I'll give you more instructions.

Starter-fluid test confirms good spark. Started right up and ran fine for 5 seconds until fuel-starved again. Symptom was hard warm-starting with excess fuel smell. Then finally crank, no-start. I have a fuel pressure regulator coming in mail by weekend. How far down inside the AXK VR6 is the fuel rail? (How much stuff to remove? Is it enough work space to just tilt forward the radiator into service position?) I can hear the fuel pump prime with Key-On. I also jumpered the pump relay and had the pump run constant. Fuel filter replaced less than 10kmi ago. Thanks, Thomas!

Fuse 18 feeds the fuel pump and the injectors. If the pump runs, then the injectors should get power. Disconnect the main harness plug at the injector rail. Confirm that the injector power wires (2 of them red/blue) are getting power when the key is cycled on (for 1 to 2 seconds) and while the engine is cranking. What scan tool are you using? Not all scan tools can read all codes.

Can't find any photos or diagrams of the AKX's fuel system. I have a bad feeling this is quite a tear-down just to get to the fuel rail and regulator. I can't even spot the fuel lines going into the engine and rail. On a 2.5L the regulator and fuel lines are right out in the open. Not so on the AXK VR6.

@@jwidmann1 Raise front of van, remove belly pan. Can't get easier access than that.

You are telling me that they are NOT interchangeable.... so why ask me if they are?

They both do the same thing (allow the alternator to over-run when the engine is slowing down). As long as the one-way clutch is working in the correct direction, you can use either style of pulley. Depending on the normal rotation direction of the alternator, the correct pulley needs to be installed (clockwise clutch or counterclockwise clutch).

@@EXOVCDS Thank you very much That I write about #they are not interchangeable# that was from the link you sent me My English are not so good Then I ask you another time Thank's

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VCDS will only be helpful with reading injector fault codes. Open or short to + Open or short to - You then have to check the wiring. If wiring is ok, check resistance of the injectors. Keep in mind that resistance can be ok when the injector is cold and be bad when it is warm. The best way to see injector problems is with an oscilloscope.

Google search or phoning a wrecking yard is all I can suggest. Sorry.

No preference. If it's labeled wheel bearing grease, it should do the job.

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TDI engines take a long time before the fans come on. If the engine is NOT overheating, then the water pump is OK. If the engine IS overheating, even when at cruising speed, then the water pump is bad.

@@EXOVCDS hey man thanks for the reply!!! It doesn’t overheat at all but even after letting get to operating temp the fans don’t kick on and there’s never ac. I do have flow and there seems to be heat inside so should I change my thermostat again ? ( also I noticed that my top radiator hose is very warm after running and the bottom one that goes into the thermostat is not. This indactes a bad thermostat right ? I might have got a faulty one from the parts store)

@bryanmartinez8191 No AC as in not blowing cold (but has AC)... or no AC in the car (no compressor)? If you have AC but the fans don't come on when AC is selected, then you might not have enough AC gas in the system. Like I said, fans take a long time to come on with TDI engines. Hold the rpm at 2500. It'll take more than 10min before the bottom hose gets warm. As soon as the thermostat opens a little, it will close again due to the cooler coolant entering the engine. Eventually the radiator will get warm and the rad fans will come on. If no fans or only 1 fan comes on when the radiator fan switch is bypassed, then you have to look for bad wiring/ corrosion... since you said both fans work at low & high when activated directly.

@@EXOVCDS it does have a ac compressor, I failed to mention when I put a paperclip in the fan switch only one fan came on

The service manual says 20 Nm. It is a good investment to buy a service manual.

@@EXOVCDS I got it. The french one. but I cannot find the value on it,. Am I the only one ? Merci pour ton aide et ton super travail, très utile.

Engine off... also spongy?

The combi valve was no good (stuck closed). At 3:40 you can see me test it... it failed (I could not blow through it when vacuum was applied).

@@EXOVCDS Gotcha and thank you for the reply, appreciate it! The check engine light of my Audi A6 1.8T 2002 Salon says "Secondary Air Injection System Incorrect Flow p0411". Does that mean that it's because of the EGR? If yes, should I clean / replace it with a one that I'll buy from ebay/Amazon/AliExpress? If not, do you know how to solve the issue? Thanks again for your time and kind response!

@israelazoulay7643 When you start the engine when it's cold... do you hear the SAI AI pump run? Is the vacuum hose that goes to the combi valve in one piece / not broken? When the air pump is running, does the vacuum hose on the combi valve have vacuum?

@@EXOVCDS I'm not a mechanic so I can't really answer your questions, and the reason I asked if it was the EGR was because I have been looking for this error here on KZfaq and some videos shows that it might be the reason for the issue but I'm not sure (and my mechanic does not know how to solve this issue).. However I can say that the when starting the engine on a cold start it does not make any strange or unusual noise, but the fuel consumption is much hier than what it supposed to be - there is no leakage of fuel, but the car consumes 1 liter for each 4.5km while it should consume between 1:6 and 1:11. I thought the reason might be because of the spark plugs as they were burned out, so I just replaced them with 4 new NGK Iridium IX Spark plugs. I might be wrong, but I do believe that there is a small issue with an incorrect airflow due to the fact that the car has a unusual high fuel consumption, and when driving around the 50-60km/h you can feel a very short and small vibration of the car (if it's the correct word to describe it) - noting serious but it can still be felt. Do you know how can I solve this issue, resolve the high fuel consumption, remove this "vibration", and resolve this p0411 check engine error?

@israelazoulay7643 P0411 will not cause bad fuel economy. To solve P0411 you have to check a few things because P0411 can be set for a variety of reasons... that's why I asked what I asked. If your mechanic does not know how to check why P0411 is present or why you have high fuel consumption, find a different mechanic. I can tell you what to check, but if you do not have the tools to check... you will not be able to do it. It is quicker to find a good mechanic.

@harbinn111 PDF files / documents. Factory information from VW & Audi... "erWin". Depending on your location, there are different official websites to download from. In North America, it costs $35 USD for 24hrs of access. You can download as much as you want for as many vehicles as you want. Different prices when downloading from the European website and other countries.

According to ECS Tuning website, the thermostats are different.

@@EXOVCDSdo they make a egr delete pipe for the BEW tdi? Mine has the block off plates but the egr is still on. I see a lot of kits for the ALH but not BEW?

I don't know anything about delete kits... we keep engines stock, sorry.

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It might just fit.

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@@EXOVCDS That's because you don't do bull**t like the "puppet master" 😁 No, no, thank you for the awesome content !!!

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The control pressure regulator plug has 2 wires. One is a ground wire (brown) and the other is the power wire for the heating element. The fuel pump relay is what supplies power to that power wire. By applying power to that wire, power is fed to all the components that would normally receive power from the fuel pump relay. The bent / stiff wire that I connected the jumper wire to... only touched the power wire of the warm up regulator plug.

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No video (yet), sorry. Should not be too difficult.

@@EXOVCDSthe bolts at the rear of the pan looks like have to drop the sway bar and steering rack. Hoping there was a way around not doing that. 😂

Sorry, yeah... an AC line also I think. Let me see if service info has any tips. Year & model just in case?

@sebastianlorenzo4935 For Q5 (that I'm working on), service info says to move the sway bar, move the oil cooler and remove mounting bolt for ATF lines from oil pan... then remove oil pan. Drain oil first.

@@EXOVCDS 2013 A6 3.0t Quattro of course 😂 Thanks a ton. 🙏🏽

The blue handled ones are Blue-Point. I have Snap-On cable clamp pliers also. Thanks for dropping in. Happy 4th!

3.0L Supercharged, engine production code CTU. Available in a number of Audi models. Thank you for watching!

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Rad fan resistor packs will not cause a no-start. Fuel pressure in the fuel rail is either dropping (over time) causing "vapor lock" or the hall sensor in the distributor is faulty (when hot). If you do not have "spark" from the ignition coil when the engine is hot and you are cranking the engine (takes 2 people to check for spark)... then I would suspect the hall sensor inside the distributor.

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