Manifold Flap Repair: Please Help - Car in Bits!

Turbo Tony · #1 18th April 2017, 08:29 PM

As some of you will already know, my car is currently at Vagtech while they try to undo some of the abuse the poor thing has seen at the hands of the previous owners.

While doing the carbon clean, they noticed one of the intake manifold flaps was broken and rattling around in the intake.

A flap repair has been mentioned a few times on this forum. Does anyone have any details of anyone who could repair them for me?

If they're anywhere near Milton Keynes, all the better. Sam at Vagtech is going to show it a local engineer, who we're hoping will be able to do it, but I'd really like some options in case the answer is no.

Help!

daandaman · #2 21st April 2017, 08:01 AM

I am in the process of developing a rebuild kit. This will take a few months at least given my current other (professional) projects. I'd say do a flap delete because that is free, and get a kit from me when done.

Conquistador · #3 21st April 2017, 09:12 AM

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12128

Turbo Tony · #4 21st April 2017, 02:21 PM

Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses

Marcin's guide was really tempting, but I know it would have bothered me, so I ended up buying a new intake. Having called around a number of different countries, I purchased it from Audi USA, saving me a considerable amount over the UK (and German) price.

VAGtech are going to begin putting my car back together now, so the last remaining part will be the new intake when it arrives.

I can't wait to get her back now!

Norretal · #5 22nd April 2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbo Tony

Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses

Marcin's guide was really tempting, but I know it would have bothered me, so I ended up buying a new intake. Having called around a number of different countries, I purchased it from Audi USA, saving me a considerable amount over the UK (and German) price.

VAGtech are going to begin putting my car back together now, so the last remaining part will be the new intake when it arrives.

I can't wait to get her back now!

I really admire and appreciate your attitude to OEM Tony, you cut no corners and want everything to be as it should, I applaud you

Turbo Tony · #6 22nd April 2017, 07:43 PM

Aw shucks, thanks very much, I really appreciate you saying that. Now, do you think you could convince my bank manager of that too?!

1781cc · #7 23rd April 2017, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbo Tony

Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses

Marcin's guide was really tempting, but I know it would have bothered me, so I ended up buying a new intake. Having called around a number of different countries, I purchased it from Audi USA, saving me a considerable amount over the UK (and German) price.

VAGtech are going to begin putting my car back together now, so the last remaining part will be the new intake when it arrives.

I can't wait to get her back now!

Did they mark it as a gift or will you be having a nasty C&E bill before delivery?

Turbo Tony · #8 23rd April 2017, 07:41 AM

I didn't want to ask them to mark it as a gift or sample, just in case it came back to them - I don't want to burn my bridges for future sales. Instead, I asked them to value it using the weight of the material, rather than Audi's inflated retail price. I suggested $250 would be about right.

Hopefully, that means that even if Customs does pick it up, the VAT and import duty should be negligible. Funnily enough, I was researching dutiable imports and car parts wasn't on the list at all. Thinking back to my days working at a courier company, I remember we used to ship thousands of Land Rover parts to and from Japan - maybe that was why!