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Old 25th April 2020, 10:51 AM
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Default Camshaft plugs

My cam shafts are leaking badly so I've looked for replacement ones and I've noticed tha the older era audis up to about 1995 had solid aluminium 'plugs' with o-rings which is wayy better than the newer models with cheap plastic plugs:



It's a shame audi did that and that you can't buy them anymore
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Old 25th April 2020, 11:25 AM
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Cost of production goes down, profit on spare parts goes up.

Did the aluminium plugs have something to hold them in place?
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Old 25th April 2020, 12:51 PM
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Yes they had an oring. I've ordered the cheap plastic ones :/
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