bboissonneault

Hey guys. I could use some help. I noticed today, the second time in 12 days, when I remove my pancake (pressure) valve from the TIP, I can pour water out of it. There is no smell other than water and carbon (stale exhaust). I realize I can pour the water out because of the angle that it sits at. But I am concerned about the volume there and the faint smell of exhaust.

My combi valve is shot at the same time. I took it off a coupe weeks ago and tried to Deep Creep it, but it seems the slide will not move. At least, that looks like how it should work. There was als carbon on both sides of the valve. Meanwhile, I keep getting the "bank 1 inefficiency" CEL.

I am replacing my CAT and combi next week. I am fairly certain the CAT is shot. While most times the bank 1 CEL is a bad O2, I am also only getting about 100g/s air mass at red line. I think the restriction in the CAT is causing restriction on the intake.

Is it possible I am getting exaust routed into my intake or even worse, into my crank case somehow?

bboissonneault

P.S. I also posted this in the A4 B6 area.