ajg617

Cripes. Started with passenger valve cover gasket. Before it is over I'll be replacing all three hoses on the crankcase ventilation. Talk about brittle - sheesh. Guess I'll change the CTS while I have clear access to it.

Interesting on the PCV lines though. Lots of sludge from the block up to the valve (which feels like it weighs over a pound) and more sludge going to the passenger side valve cover while the line to the driver side was relatively clear. Passenger side was the first cat to fail. Did find a vacuum line with a hole under the cover over the throttle valve.

Do you guys use regular vacuum line to replace or get the braided Audi line? Just curious.

SloopJohnB@mac.com

With braided Audi line being quite expensive I generally use silicone vacuum lines. There's a reason police vehicles in the US come with them…I would pay the extra material cost for true lifetime materials if it were available at new car time…but an extra $10-100 per car over millions of cars when 90% of buyers couldn't care less and stockholders want share value just isn't in the cards.

Airbag

i got the braided from ecs i think

!staudi35

I just broke mine too while replacing valve cover gaskets! Now how do you remove the crankcase ventilation hose? I have the eBahn cd but it doesn't say HOW!! arrgghhh....!!

raj99

Go get silicone hoses and you'll be more than happy 😊. I've used them for years when the braided ones fail, and thus far have never required replacement of the silicone

!staudi35

Hello Raj99, what website did you use to purchase the silicone hose for the crankcase ventilation hose? thanks.

raj99

I bought mine at the local O'Reilly auto parts store, saved time and shipping and I was able to get replace all the offending hoses in less than an afternoon.