R8 power steering cap

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Doug_RS6
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R8 power steering cap

Post by Doug_RS6 » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:55 pm

Does anyone know if the metal power steering cap from an Audi R8 will for the reservoir on my C6 RS6?

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Re: R8 power steering cap

Post by IanH755 » Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:36 am

Yes and No - It's not a direct like for like replacement as the R8 cap has a male thread instead of a female thread but if you look here - viewtopic.php?f=47&t=141053&p=954034 - you can cut the threaded section out of both caps, swap them over and glue the C6 section onto the R8 cap to make it fit.
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Re: R8 power steering cap

Post by welwynnick » Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:21 am

Frankly I'm amazed that anyone would even know that!

Nick :-)

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Re: R8 power steering cap

Post by Doug_RS6 » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:40 pm

IanH755 wrote:
Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:36 am
Yes and No - It's not a direct like for like replacement as the R8 cap has a male thread instead of a female thread but if you look here - viewtopic.php?f=47&t=141053&p=954034 - you can cut the threaded section out of both caps, swap them over and glue the C6 section onto the R8 cap to make it fit.
Brilliant, thank you.

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Re: R8 power steering cap

Post by Phuketpaul » Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:23 pm

I boughtbthe R8 cap as I had read it would fit.

When it didn't rather than just waste the money I decided to adapt it to fit as above....
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