Tools you need: philips, flat, t25, and the rachet wrench with bit holder i got from lowes it was like $50 for set.
remove screw holding coolant tank
You may have to push down a little bit on the metal tabs on the firewall like so while gently picking the front of the tank up working back and forth til it comes out.
and here
Remove air duct by pulling up here and removeing screws, wingle it a little.
Remove 2 screws at front of car and remove.
Beautiful isn't it
remove 2 screws at top of air cleaner and the air intake hose from the throttle body
remove the air injection hose on the front by squeezing the sides of ring close to the box(its kind of odd look closely you'll figure it out)
you only have to pull the box up about a inch to get the t25 in there or u could chance it and use pliers and the t25(screw that have u looked down in there)
remove dipstick of course and take 2 t25 screws out
yes the X is a bad pack
notice the tab at the back of the plug
First pull the plug toward the pack then gently push tab down and push away from pack(its kind of hooked in there). The first time I did this it was very cold out and it snapped right off.
If you happen to snap 1 off just use a thin knife like this
work them off a little at a time front to back
Pull them all out and smash them with hammer
or
Bake the remaining good ones at 200deg for 30min or untill crispy and dry
of course this is a emergency I have another 8 coming jan5 and am currently screwed for a ride.
After going out for breakfast i returned in my 88 Lincoln with trans fluid flinging out of the torq dam near catching the car on fire so i was in a bit of a panic until i saw 2 coils in a fedex box on porch. The whole reason i bought the audi was my trans is going out, i'd say its hosed. Now if only schrodinger's cat is on my side until jan5 i'm in the clear, at least til my next bimonthly coil change.
Here are the rest of the pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33971648@N07/
now just put the good packs in and put it all back in reverse order
I couldn't resist tearing one open so here it is (ill try to disolve the plastic and epoxy with various chemicals later)
Notice the poor glue job gee i wonder if water can get in that way
Houston we have a problem
What dumb ass designs something like this thinking its water tight
The whole top of this should be dipped in varnish or conformal coating at the very least
Of course not getting it wet is a good start. at first i thought i might have caused this but the guy that had the car before me must have high pressure power washed the engine weekly its show room clean and theres evidence by the marks left behind in the felt on the firewall. As I said in a previous thread i washed under the injecter rails as there was alot of sand that wouldn't vacuum up. I thought well hell if just splashed a few drops of water on these things and there gone i'm screwed. Well I only drive 2 miles to work so the engines barely warmed up by the time i get there. That with the crazy weather being single digits at night very warm by morning and raining on a daily basis during all of this had to be a perfect storm. Last week while it was parked waiting for pack i thought i saw moisture inside the windshield, well there was. I was freaking out thinking i had a leak in the roof or something then i opened the hood and everything was covered in dew, son of a bit!@ how am i going to keep this from happening(yea yea its suppose to be in a heated garage and driven only on sundays). So there I am looking at a car that looks like its been drowned, did i mention i can't even see the bulbs through the fish bowls they call lights(sighs shaking head in disbelief). Well to make a long story short there was alot of corrosion in the cylinders and on the packs this doesn't happen in a few days.
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