installing seal cam's adjustment magnet

[audi-art]

If you don't have the magnet with the black plastic cover on it, its actually the magnet itself that will leak.

it already crossed my mind although i didn't notice oil on the metal part of magnet , just under the edge of it where the seal sits but i will surely check the magnet when taking it off.

i assume i still have the old magnet version without the plastic cover:

[Spawne32]

it already crossed my mind although i didn't notice oil on the metal part of magnet , just under the edge of it where the seal sits but i will surely check the magnet when taking it off.

i assume i still have the old magnet version without the plastic cover:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f61092dd_c.jpg

Yeh that's an original design. ECS sells some Febi camshaft adjuster magnets for pretty cheap. Some are sold with a connector some without. Word on the street is that the connector design changed with the new revisions but mine plugged right in and my car is an 09, so I don't forsee any issues.

[audi-art]

.... ECS sells some Febi camshaft adjuster magnets for pretty cheap. Some are sold with a connector some without. Word on the street is that the connector design changed with the new revisions but mine plugged right in and my car is an 09, so I don't forsee any issues.

is it in this case not important to get an original oem audi part from dealer as with the pcv valve........so a febi or whatever aftermarket brand is fine ?

[Spawne32]

is it in this case not important to get an original oem audi part from dealer as with the pcv valve........so a febi or whatever aftermarket brand is fine ?

Perfectly fine. Not entirely sure who the OEM mfg is of that part anyway, but case in point, I ordered a standard motor products ignition switch, and out of the box was an OEM audi switch.