The full kit is on order from Blauparts.

I decided to not order the new valve cover gasket kit yet in the hope that the leaking will stop once I get the new CC breather system installed.

Has anyone actually experienced their leaking stop by replacing just the CC breather system? How long should it take for the burning oil smell to go away assuming that this fixes the leak(s)?

 

how many miles you got. I have been having a leak from my valve cover for a while and thought it was the breather system and it wasn't.

The leak you are getting is probably coming from the cam seals. I changed mine and haven't had a leak yet.

Definetly worth changing the breather hose kit tho. you will see a slight increase in performance.

 

Just hit 120k. Yeah, I'm planning on doing the cam adjuster seals while I'm doing the VCG, but was going to take a shot at solving this with just the CCB system first. Was hoping someone would tell me what I want to hear.

 

Can you link to or list what's included in the kit? I/we can give you a better idea if we know exactly what you're doing.

 

Sure, it's this kit: http://www.blauparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=GC26180-A

 

it won't be to bad except that s hose. that s hose runs underneath your intake and is a bitch to get at unless you take the plastic pipe off and i took the throtle body off as well. The rest of it is pretty easy.

 

Well, mission accomplished, but this was a 10 on the PITA scale for me. It took me the better part of two whole days to complete, which was about a whole day longer than I thought it would take. I ran into one problem after another, usually caused by not enough space in which to work. If any of you are thinking of doing this job, make sure that:

1) You have extra hose clamps ready. The kit I got didn't have enough, and the "one-use" factory Audi clamps were the biggest PITA on the project. Which leads me to...

2) Have either bolt cutters or good wire cutters handy to cut off the factory Audi hose clamps.

3) Have a couple of different 5mm allen wrench tools handy. The allen wrench I had worked, but if I would have had one where the "L" part was either another inch longer, or only 1/2" long, it would have made taking the throttle body intake pipe a lot easier to take off and put back on. Did I forget to mention the part where I dropped my allen wrench and had to jack up the front end of the car, take off the protective barrier, and fish it out?

4) Have very good lighting. A portable trouble light is imperative for this job, as you cannot do this job very well without being able to see what you're doing.

Anyhoo, I successfully completed the job, and I'm glad I did. I'll try to post pictures of how clogged my cc breather hoses were. If the pics don't work, I'll just say that they were completely clogged with this yellow-ish white-sh goop. If my car were human, it would have died from a massive coronary a long time ago!

I feel good that I was able to do this job, but it really taxed my patience. It didn't help that it's hovering around zero degrees here, and I was working in my poorly heated and uninsulated garage. I hope this stops the leaks, but if it doesn't, my next project is replacing the valve cover gaskets and the cam adjuster seals.

 

No offense, but IMO if you work on cars you should have a variety of clamps and such handy, no matter what kind of car. And make sure they are GOOD clamps. Do NOT buy the Harbor Freight ones! Do not use Autozone ones! One good brand is Norma/Gemi which AutohausAZ carries.