Hey guys, so my check engine light has been on for a while and we found that I have 2 broken check valves so we took them out and were just going to temporarily replace them with straight hoses because I read that it's ok to do that.. but ended up not having the right size.. so anyways now I am missing 2 check valves and I'm not going to be able to get it fixed for another 5 days. Is it ok to drive my car with 2 missing check valves? I know it will run rough, but is it driveable? I have to get it smogged this week too which sucks. Anyways, I have a 2003 A4 1.8t .... if you have any suggestions please let me know, thanks!

 

well u can run it but dont run it for a long period of time like that cuz it will cause damage to ur cat which will cost to much money go to an audidealership and get the plugs and stick them in there its a easy change. they cost like 20 bukcs or something. Is that really u in the pic?

 

Shouldn't be a problem if you can even get it to run that way. It'll just be a big vacuum/boost leak. Those things were 40-50 each at the VW dealer.

 

according to this http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...19#post2877619 u dont need any

 

k thanks, yea i called audi this morning and they are $41 each, so i might look online or something and see if i can find some cheap ones

and it is me in the picture

 

There is a link somewhere to a company that makes check valves and sells them for like 4 bucks. I have the link bookmarked at home.

 

why would u wanna spend 4x $41... read the link i posted!!!
p.s. autozone sells those check valve like for $3 each, they just call it different...
p.p.s. go over that thread again

 

my bad, i gave u a link to the actual DIY
this http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235106 is the main thread, plz read it

 

You can run w/o the check valves, but it has to be done right. Or spend the time to find the check valves cheaper somewhere else. Last option is the dealership.

 

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...&cookie_test=1

theres the link for those cheap valves. there is one that has 3 inlets that youll have to get from audi or vw.