freakness

NOT.

I knew I was in trouble when the first step said, " go to trunk of car and remove toolkit ."

So yeah, I finally got around to removing my ABS controller to send to ModuleMaster and I was hoping I could just remove it from inside the engine bay alone. I was thinking perhaps a fifteen minute job at the most. Well, of course not.

The position of the ABS controller means it hits the windshield wiper fluid container when you try to remove it to the side. More importantly, you can't reach the six t20 torx screws to remove the abs controller because.... of the windshield wiper fluid container.

So I had to;

1. Jack up driver side wheel and place on a jackstand.

2. Remove wheel

3. Remove driver-side wheel liner

4. Remove windshield wiper fluid container to reach HIDDEN bolts covered by wheel liner.

5. Spend five minutes removing ABS controller once the rest of the car has been disassembled.



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Thanks Audi.... thank you very much.



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**** YOU AUDI.... **** YOU VERY MUCH.


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not that I'm bitter or anything.










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n0yxl

I don't unerstan why you had to take the liner out? shouldve been able to do all that work upstairs

gh0st

I think I could sit inside the engine bay there's so much room

B5Davem

Sorry to hear it took so long ,but all manufacturers seem to have something these days thats a PITA . Another that comes to mind is most Ford Taurus take 12 hrs to replace the heater core. Too many engineers these days need to spend some time in shops and on the production line to get a "REAL WORLD" view of things. There was a Jaguar in our shop a few weeks back that took hours to get to something simple, can't recall what it was ,but the tech was real pissed . I'm sure Carson and Phil have some Audi/VW parts they hate to work on for the same reasons.

freakness

towards the front and it would have been a fifteen minute job including potty breaks.




sigh...



I love the Germans but I hate them sometimes.






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B5Davem

Like why did they hide allen bolts behind the pulley/behind the fan clutch on the 30v ? Thats the type of thing that baffles me.

BSK

how about dropping the exhaust in order to change the tranny filter in a 5.3 silverado

freakness

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MrGoodbytes

Dude, that's not a bad job at all. There are far worse jobs.

B5Davem

the techs also hate dropping the Silverado fuel tank to replace the evaporative vent valve, a common occurance.