Did my Valve Cover gaskets.. 1hour 15 min!
01-30-2006, 07:10 AM
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Did my Valve Cover gaskets.. 1hour 15 min!
The gaskets i got from my NAPA parts store are much thicker then the stock gasket. It wraps around the valve cover much better than the old one did.
While i was in there i replaced my Front O2 sensors with the universal bosch sensors. BIG difference!! I will have to wait for the rear ones, because well they are one with the exhaust pipe...
Just as i suspected. Audi does not know what gasket is leaking from so they default to Head gasket. Unfortunatley when they did my head gasket 2 years ago they never replaced any other ones. They actually reused the old ones.. I would have paid the extra $100 bucks for them to use new gaskets on a $3000 job.
This is insanity..
While i was in there i replaced my Front O2 sensors with the universal bosch sensors. BIG difference!! I will have to wait for the rear ones, because well they are one with the exhaust pipe...
Just as i suspected. Audi does not know what gasket is leaking from so they default to Head gasket. Unfortunatley when they did my head gasket 2 years ago they never replaced any other ones. They actually reused the old ones.. I would have paid the extra $100 bucks for them to use new gaskets on a $3000 job.
This is insanity..
01-30-2006, 09:05 AM
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I've changed a sensors on my other cars recently and notice a big diff as well. I would recommend
changing them proactively before you get a CEL.
They get progressively worse and are really shot by the time the light comes on.
Bob
They get progressively worse and are really shot by the time the light comes on.
Bob
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