Living In A Vacuum (hose)
Posted on Apr 29, 2016
Replacing the vacuum hoses and clips on our 85 quattro is a PITA so we found something else to do. We replaced the air box mounts.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
Of course that didn't take very long so it was back to replacing vacuum hoses and clips. Step one, we think, is to figure what hoses and clips to buy from Audi. Just look at the parts diagrams and the car and figure out what applies. How hard could it be? How about "Bloody impossible!"? OK, not that bad but quite a lot does not match my car. We think we're going to order as much vacuum line and hose clips as we think we need and just start replacing what physically matches. Of course all of the shaped rubber hose are NLA.
The parts diagrams:
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL CONTAINER by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
4. VACUUM HOSES; VALVE HOUSING; BREATHER VALVE byTeam Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
15. AUXILIARY AIR SLIDE; COLD STARTING VALVE by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
1320. VACUUM HOSES WITH; CONNECTING PARTS; FOR PNEUMATIC DIFFERENTIAL; LOCK by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
and the car:
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr
This should be interesting.
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrOf course that didn't take very long so it was back to replacing vacuum hoses and clips. Step one, we think, is to figure what hoses and clips to buy from Audi. Just look at the parts diagrams and the car and figure out what applies. How hard could it be? How about "Bloody impossible!"? OK, not that bad but quite a lot does not match my car. We think we're going to order as much vacuum line and hose clips as we think we need and just start replacing what physically matches. Of course all of the shaped rubber hose are NLA.
The parts diagrams:
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL CONTAINER by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr4. VACUUM HOSES; VALVE HOUSING; BREATHER VALVE byTeam Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr15. AUXILIARY AIR SLIDE; COLD STARTING VALVE by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickr1320. VACUUM HOSES WITH; CONNECTING PARTS; FOR PNEUMATIC DIFFERENTIAL; LOCK by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickrand the car:
image by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on Flickrimage by Team Illuminata Motorsport, on FlickrThis should be interesting.