Once you've finished, how do you remove those home-made attachment manifolds you used under each wheel arch? Because when you do, you are going to lose pressure.
The system actually has quick-connect points for this purpose.
I'm about to make my own DRV refill tool, and saw your post and wondered about the connection you made into the system.
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calvds wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:05 pmMy near side front flexible hose to the shock absorber failed, probably due to cyclic fatigue caused by the motion of the shock traveling up and down over the ten years of life it has had.
The first signs i noticed were: lumpy weight transfer at the back, pitching whilst braking and eventually full deterioration of damping, akin to a bouncy castle!
After deciding i wanted to retain Dynamic Ride Control i set about researching the system; self study programme 244 Audi RS6 and the DRC video, both of which are in Mr Footlong's Audi technical file archive. They are invaluable and hold a lot of good information if you are considering this yourself.
So having done that i ordered two liters of hydraulic fluid and TWO front pipe/hose assemblies on the basis that the other side wouldn't be far away from failing. Arguably there is two hoses at the rear shocks too, however they are not subject to the same stress the front two are because they do not bend back on themselves 180 degrees, they follow a more meandering S shaped pattern and on inspection seemed sound.
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Hope this is useful to someone
Cheers, C
