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FYI, most people probably already know, but Clairparts in NOT impartial

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Old 10-19-2002, 10:57 AM
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Default FYI, most people probably already know, but Clairparts in NOT impartial

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I recenlty bought a set of TT BPV's (710N) listed on their site under S4 maintenance items. They came as shown below.....clearly MARKED with yellow paint as if to scream..."NOT STOCK". As a sidenote, the stock S4 710A BPV's and their replacements, the 710B's are not even listed on the site. Express way to void any possible warranty claims? I beleive it could be a very real possiblity, clairparts and AoA are working together on this, being that they are probably the biggest internet distributor of parts for audi's...or at least teh most well known ones. Anyone else receive BPV's that were marked up like this?
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That would be hard to see unless the tech removed it
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I got them from clairparts about 2 months ago and they were not marked
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scrape it off...it'll take you all of 5 seconds
Old 10-19-2002, 11:03 AM
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Default yeah, but the only case where BPV's would be a problem or source of concern...

you would have to remove ti to inspect anyway...so
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someone up to soemthing....thats the point.
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Why don't you waste more of our time writing a tech article on how to remove the markings =)
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i'll save that for BAG. lol.
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Default and I thought my replacement ECU screws were pink by accident

haha very funny
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Default Mine came without the paint from Clair...6 months ago.

Does that mean I have the warranty version. ;^}

500 miles until warranty-free.


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