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Originally Posted by IT
quite easy to reach the cables from the engine bay side
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I'd say "extremely" easy.
Bonnet up this morning, turned on "rest" and it was immediately obvious where all the plumbing etc was, just to the nearside of the air intake.
There are 2 connectors right there, a "yellowish" one to the front and a "purplish" one by the windscreen, both just held by clips.
No tools needed, took maybe 30 seconds. Disconnecting the purple one stopped the pump.
I'll go back when it's a bit warmer (let's say above freezing) and tape up the exposed contacts. Then I'll give it a day or so and see if any codes show up on Vagcom/VCDS.
(note to self, sort out my paid-for Vagcom and get it properly transferred to VCDS on my Windows 7 laptop)
A8parts currently seem to have the full unit of pump, plumbing, valves etc. on sale but that's a bit pricey; will have to see if they just have the pump (assuming it's feasible to just swap that). Might even pop in to Amersham Audi and see what price they would charge for a new one.