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I had mine rebuilt by Western Power Steering, just outside Bristol.

Good luck getting the rack out, its not an easy job!

Did you work out what the issue was in the end? When it was in the air and you were bleeding the hyd system, with the engine running it should be possible to turn the wheel in both directions with 1 finger. Mine had stiff steering which ended up being a bent rack. Apparently they are weak and can ge...

Did you replace the valve cover seal? Replacining mine sorted the leaks out. New seal was noticeably softer than the old one.

There is a rubber grommet where the washer pump fits into the bottle, mine was leaking, new grommet has fixed it.

The right hand cover is pretty easy to do. ( looking from the front of the car)

The left hand one is much harder, there is the water pipe to contend with plus the shape of the cover over the chain tensioner makes it a right pita to get off.

Not impossible, but takes some work.

Brilliant job, good timing all ready to enjoy now the weather is getting better!!

I think you'll run into clearance problems between the top of the manifold and the inlet plenum, it sits pretty tightly together. Probably why they routed it as they did.
Unless you route it completely away from the manifold, but might look quite messy?

I think there are a couple guys on here who live in europe who you can get it posted to who will then forward it in to you, unless you have some friends living over there.

Is that fitting as standard or with a spacer behind it?

Fresh fuel and send it!!

Are you able to share the cost with us of the parts bought for this?

Prob best seeing if one is being broken, and then try and get the parts yourself, can photograph where the bits go, and not break bits....
Have you checked the likes of Audi tradition?

Have you had a look at the parts diagrams? They normally are my first go to for lay outs and locations of parts. Normally can get a pretty decent idea of what's going on

https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/aud ... 121/121060

Great news, long may it last!

Glad they look such good quality!