spit out the code P0411 said secondary A injection system Incorrect flow.. any Ideas

 

air pump is bad. Man sorry to hear about your luck with the car so far [:@]. Nothing extremely important to worry about though. It only serves its purpose on a cold start to help emissions until the 02 sensors warm up and take over. It's like a $300 part, and I do believe there is a way to trick the ecu into thinking its ok with vag com. Search on audiworld and zine for the procedure. If your air pump is bad, you must hear a real annying noise at startup for about 1 minute? Could also be the hoses that come from the pump to the head are leaking.. But the air pumps usually die before the hoses go bad from what i know. Mine is noisy at start up, it just hasnt died or given me a cel... yet.

 

I have an extra one he gave it to me with the car bought it and never installed it said it was loud dont even know what it looks like he said he had to relocate it so i guess i will have to call him.. would it not pass emissions with that thing off

 

I dont know if youd pass emissions... Depends on if they hook up to the OBD and scan for codes... If they see that code it may not. But i dont know how they would even know what the 2ndary air injection pump does or how it affects emmisions. A CEL is cause for them to be concerned though for sure. He probably had to have it relocated because of the intercooler or turbo plumbing. It sits to the left of the radiator by the horn etc.

 

is it big and bulky I think i found it in the spare parts box..lol this sucks.. well I will now everything tommorrow when the tunners get ahold of it.. atleast I have a spare

 

ya having a spare is definately a bonus... Good luck at the tuners. Let us know what the deal is when you get back.

 

He knew the pump had issues before the car was purchased.

 

I dont think its the pump. I think the hoses are either kinked or brittle and not making enough "flow" to the head.

I put my hand in front of the pump when it was blwoing and it was moving a good volume of air, even though the pump is noisy. I think its engine computer block 44 to test and cycle the pump for troubleshotting purposes.

Pull the front bumper and check the hoses coming off the pump. The pump was "relocated" but it is essentially sitting in the same spot as OEM. You can see all of the hoses once the bumper is removed.

That damn thing has always been a pain in my ***.

 

^ So I read.... He didnt mention this in the original post, so it sounded like a surprise to me.

 

Why did you buy a car with so many small issues, sounds like a pain man [&:]