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RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:01 pm
by crafty1
Hi Guys,
The Car going in for some work, was wondering if I should bother to reconnect the exhaust valves ? Will they say some b/s about it invalidating the warranty etc. ?
Any thoughts
Cheers
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:07 pm
by Dom81
Good question - wondered the same myself
I guess it's simplest to just stick the pipes back on (not even bothering with clips) and then there's no debate to have...
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:16 pm
by S4INT
I didn't bother reconnecting mine - the Tech picked it up on the inspection sheet, but no issue was made of it.
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:17 pm
by ChrisRS4
I have my car going in on Wednesday so I reconnected things at the weekend. Took all of five mins, but its reminded me how much better it is with the valves open all the time. Although I'm not convinced that the techs at my local place would know what to look for if I hadn't bothered and left it as it was.
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:28 pm
by crafty1
Cheers all, being the lazy git that I am, I will leave them and see if they notice...
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:11 pm
by Marcus-RS4
Left mine off the multiple times it has been back for warranty work, no mention of it from them (yet)
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:08 pm
by audijohn
I just left mine off, serviced ok no problems no comments.
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:39 pm
by pippyrips
Mines been back twice with the valves being disconnected and no one has ever said anything. I wonder if they will notice the milltek next time
RE: RS4 going for service - reconnect exhaust valves ?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:01 am
by Andyuk911
no issues off
valves
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:51 am
by RS4Molar
mine disconnected , no dramas at service.
Cheers
RE: valves
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:05 pm
by ARSEY4
This is a no brainer. Reconnect its takes 2 secs. As sure as eggs are eggs anything goes wrong they will try and portion blame. They may not be able to justify it but is it really worth the agro for 2 secs under the car?
RE: valves
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:38 am
by rjkflyer
Just for the record, but i'm sure you guys know this, the law has changed which puts an onus of PROOF on a dealer to show that a mod has been the cause of a fault. This is to stop the automatic 'not our problem'.
However, couldn't agree more with ARSEY4 - why wouldn't you make it good for avoidance of hassle?
RE: valves
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:57 pm
by crafty1
Just for the record car been in - new front brake pads, and knocking from suspension which mysteriously stopped just before hand. No mention anywhere of the exhaust valves being disconnected...
Re: RE: valves
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:25 pm
by ARSEY4
crafty1 wrote:Just for the record car been in - new front brake pads, and knocking from suspension which mysteriously stopped just before hand. No mention anywhere of the exhaust valves being disconnected...
Why would they mention it? They wont be looking for it. I would wager my left baylock that if you were in for an emmissions light comming on they would notice it!!!!
RE: Re: RE: valves
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:06 pm
by andy_ran
Left mine off when it went in yesterday, Dealer even commented on how nice it sounded!