greenmeanie

First time round that thing had me swearing and grunting until
a. I relaised it was there and it was that that was perventing the spring assembly from coming off
b. I mashed it off with some mole grips.

For o-rings you do require some lube. I do not really like grease as with time it can get hard and nasty. From my aerospace experience we tend to use a light lubricant that is for all the owlrd like baby oil. I tend to just use Tri-Flow chain lubricant.

Good man on the first post for finally doing the dirty and writing up this procedure.

Cheers
Gregor

glidar

Yeah, I don't want to admit how long it took me to get that thing off. :-(

Sgt G

While there could be a leak at the o-ring, I would tend to think that would only happen after full air spring replacement and the o-ring somehow being installed incorrectly or not at all. 95 percent of the time it's the bag that's the cause of the leak, so replacing just the o-ring won't do any good. If you're going in there to do this type/amount of work....replace the bag; it's the problem.

Phil

alrightroad

Great write up. Thanks for assembling.

kyoo

Has anyone thought about editing these pictures to add some text and arrows? Don't get me wrong, the pictures are great! But they could be better for us novices w/ a little help so we know what we're looking at.

inglestadt

Tackling this install on left front Sunday. Don't have time or acess to get a bentley, I am getting one but not in time for install. Can you advise any torque settings for putting things back together.

Sent you mail too

alrightroad

Great article. Thank you!

Bas Verscheure

SUPER What a great article!
Finaly a secret of my car was revealed
still it looks like a difficult job to replace those airchocks. But they make this car drive and handle in a way that is addictive and so supurb that you forget about the repair bills and just should enjoy owning it.

Sergei

Do you still have the kit for sale? Could you contact me via email if you do? (pokrovsky#hotmail.com)

Thanks,

Ivanhoe!

Hi all,

I own a 2002 Audi Allroad 2.5 TDI (180Bhp) manual shift. Milage 220000 Km.
As my right front suspension is leaking, I'll try to replace it with a new one. Thanks for the perfect "how-to-photos"

My questions?
1) Will the car level correctly when the suspension is renewed? No need to use VAG-COM to correct any problem with the levels?

2) Does anyone can help me with a repair manual, of pdf-link for the audi allroad 2002?

Greetings

Ivan (Ivanhoe!)
Belgium/Europe