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91 Mercedes 190E 2.3 Idle problems

 Air Cleaner Housing removal  Clean the throttle body, plate, and butterfly if possible. Check the breather hose branch type under the air cleaner assembly for cracks and broken plastic insert. If this hose is broken, the car won’t start. PUT BACK EVERYTHING AND THE IDLE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOLID AT ANY CONDITION!!!!

A8 D2 Lower Control Arm Replacement

This was the way I did mine, please use the information below as reference only and be safe.  When the car makes squeaky noise while driving at very low speed, parking lot or over bumps, it’s normally the ball joint of this straight arm being loose. I replaced the curved arm, it didn’t fix the

A8 Upper Control Arm Replacement

This was the way I did mine, please use the below information as reference only and be safe. The upper Control arms start to loosen when my car hit 120k+, they make clunking noise when you back up while turning, and my car feels loose when you go over bumps. It took me 5 hours

Audi AC Re-Charge

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Well, our A8 has 159k miles now, and the freon doesn’t hold any more, every year @ summer time, we have to take it to the shop to get freon charge and each time it’s $70.00. Now we do it at home for $4.00. The only way that you can charge Freon to any car

A8 Front Brakes Service

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS & PADS 1998 A8 4.2L       Tools needed: 17mm socket for wheel lugs, 18mm socket for caliper frame, 7mm hex, screw driver, extension 3/8 or ½, long nose pliers, brake piston retract tool.- Remove wheel lugs covers. – Open the wheel lugs a few turns. – Jack up the car