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Post by jimbo1234567 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:37 am

do it yourself .its dead easy :D

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Post by Overlord » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:44 pm

After being given the run around by an indy in my neck of the woods i have spoken to MRC today, the car is now booked in on the 18th of this month for the work to be done. EGT sensors are on back order from Audi UK at the moment, yet like all professionals should MRC have them on the shelf :)

Freindly proffessional and to the point over the phone, i am looking forward to getting the car back to normal.

BTW Jimbo, they agreed regarding the MAF sensor knocking the EGT's out, that will be replaced too. Thanks for all the help guys, will keep you posted....

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Post by jimbo1234567 » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:04 am

no worries lord . glad to be of help. mrc will sort the car out :biggrin3:

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Post by rs4raz » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:55 am

jimbo1234567 wrote:do it yourself .its dead easy :D
ok so how do i do it? where is it placed

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Post by rs4raz » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:42 pm

got my car vagcomd today and it came up with exhaust sensor 2 after it was cleared it came back up again. could this be the cause of the power loss that happens sometimes?

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Post by jimbo1234567 » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:53 pm

when your egt goes , the ecu puts the car into "limp"mode which basically switches off the n75 valve so the car just runs 7psi of boost instead of 15 or whatever the car has been remapped to. the n75 valve is located just infront of the maf under the small left hand carbon engine cover, it has 3 rubber hoses connected in a t orientation and an electrical connection.

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Post by Blue_Thunder » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:16 pm

It's a brown plastic connector you need to pull.

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Post by jimbo1234567 » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:46 pm

you missed a good doo on monday scott. :jump_clap:

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Post by rs4raz » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:11 am

jimbo1234567 wrote:when your egt goes , the ecu puts the car into "limp"mode which basically switches off the n75 valve so the car just runs 7psi of boost instead of 15 or whatever the car has been remapped to. the n75 valve is located just infront of the maf under the small left hand carbon engine cover, it has 3 rubber hoses connected in a t orientation and an electrical connection.
so how do i determine which exhaust sensor, is sensor 2 wich came up on vagcom so i can replace the right correct one?

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Post by grizz » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:16 am

egt2 is the passenger side. :beerchug:
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Post by Overlord » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:24 am

Well the car went to MRC on Thursday, i got the train back to Brum after being dropped off at the station. Likewise i was collected on the return by Doug.

They went over the car and did what was needed, 2 x EGT's, Thermostat and temp sender, new cambelt as the old one had to come off for the T'stat, new MAF sensor and a pair of 710N diverters. The car didnt need a lambda sensor after all :)

I drove the car home the scenic route and fought the ESP all the way back, the car is now effortless to drive, so responsive and pretty nippy to say the least!

I just wanted to say thanks for everyones advice and a huge thanks to everyone at MRC, your customer service rivals the best i have ever seen. The Ronseal of garages, hats off :)

Have a great Christmas all, i will be avoiding the booze and heading for my car keys while the roads are empty ;)

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Post by jimbo1234567 » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:54 pm

just turn the esp off. much more fun

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Post by Overlord » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:56 pm

I figured that and did, and as you said, it is much more fun :)

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