It wouldn't happen to be your right front tire that blew out would it?

 

Yes, right front tire blew out, the rubber debris cut some of the plastic lining inside the wheel well. I put the spare tire and continued driving the car, the next day CEL light came on. The following day I took it to get a new tire and when they raised it I noticed a black plastic line running behind the wheel along the bottom of the car was shredded up. I cut the damaged part and added a piece of fuel line from autoparts store and clamped it on both sides without pinching the line. Cleared CEL by disconnecting battery and next day it came back on. That light is really annoying and I want to do as much work as possible on my own before I have to take it to a shop.

 

Those are your EVAP lines that run right behind the right front tire, thats your problem. You can either replace the whole lines PITA! or try and cut and tape them up as best you can.

 

interesting all the facts are cool and could help in the diagnosis but yes the offside tyre ( your passenger side is where the carbon canister is and evap is in the engine compartment ) they are both linked

 

Yeah i've done a couple repairs for blown tires in the right front just like his car, it happens even more on the A6 though.

 

I thought I fixed the broken part of the EVAP line. How much is a new line and how hard is it to change (ballpark). I noticed a fitting close to the area where the line got damaged behind the wheel. It seems to be a 90 degree fitting that sends the EVAP line up into the engine bay area do you think maybe that got damaged as well?

 

Its hard to tell, i would have to see a pic of the damage.

 

Sorry about the quality but here you go. Hope it helps.

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Another shot.

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Yeah your gonna have to take off some body panels and maybe the fender liner on the passenger's side to get a better look at the hoses.