PSA - Don't ever run your 7A without the exhaust heat shield...
08-30-2007, 09:50 AM
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PSA - Don't ever run your 7A without the exhaust heat shield...
It will melt your throttle position sensor. Hammering a torx bit in to stripped out alan bolts at 1am FTL. Those throttle body bolts are in a tight space too....
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08-30-2007, 10:32 AM
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Good luck. Mine fried the actual connector....where sensor and computer wire meet up. It was a mess.
Although, that wire should be nowhere near the exhaust...it somehow got lose on mine and was very close, if not touching it....it wasn't a distance heat melting.
08-30-2007, 10:39 AM
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check this to see if the 90 V8 car has the same sensor
I don't have teh ETKA to cross but, it will be a cheap "sealership" alternative. I also need a front passenger sensor. I am reluctant to purchase because when I installed a new outer cv joint on the driver side, the tone wheel on the cv has more teeth. I don't know if this would produce the same ac voltage needed by the system. If it comes down to it, i'll have to replace the passenger side cv to match.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/AntiLockBrakingSystem">sensor writeup</a></li></ul>
08-30-2007, 10:43 AM
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don't feel bad, i've seen way worse
I had a turbo failure on a Detriot Diesel. Basically the engine was running on engine oil. The exhuast got so hot, it melted everything back to the muffler. $16k worth of damaged, carpet, wiring, fiberglass. Boiled the paint off!The truck might as well caught on fire.