quattro digest, Vol 1 #2411 - 8 msgs
Konstantine Bogach
kbogach at home.com
Fri Nov 16 00:08:17 EST 2001
Ameer,
I woild appreciate if you send me diagram.
Thank you.
Konstantin.
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> 1. Re:Heater valves (Doyt W. Echelberger)
> 2. Re:K-26 disassembling question & hoses... (Ameer Antar)
> 3. Re:Towing a quattro with a tow dolly (Phil Payne)
> 4. RE:95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval (Beatty, Robert)
> 5. osram bulbs (nwloves)
> 6. Re:Towing a quattro with a tow dolly (Brett Dikeman)
> 7. Re:old/new Audi coparisons (Phil Payne)
> 8. Re:95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval (Phil Payne)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:23:03 -0500
> To: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
> From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt at buckeye-express.com>
> Subject: Re: Heater valves
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>
> The original valves are plastic, and the failure mode is for the two halves
> to just split apart at some point, releasing a steady flow of coolant.
>
> The replacement valves we are talking about are not plastic. They are
> metal. And as far as I know they don't fail the same way BECAUSE they are
> metal. The test is underway and results will be available in 2015.
>
> Doyt Echelberger
> 87 5ktq with new metal heater valve from Autozone, about $15.....the valve,
> that is.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> At 11:18 PM 11/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know what exactly gives out on the heater valve? Is it a seal,
> >presumably internal, metal fatigue?
> >
> >I open my heater valve before I shut the engine down in order to equalize
> >the static pressure between the cool water inside the heater and the hot
> >stuff outside.
> >
> >Not sure if it helps, but it used to prolong the life of heater valves aka
> >reserve radiator control, on my various Coopers.
> >
> >Colin
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:32:14 -0500
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> From: Ameer Antar <ameer at snet.net>
> Subject: Re: K-26 disassembling question & hoses...
>
> I see your in the middle of the rebuild....There should only be one nut
> holding the shaft to the turbo. Make sure both the compressor side and
> exhaust side housing have been removed. Once you loosen the nut, you should
> be able to take it apart. If it's stuck....very, very gently use a rubber
> mallet to hit the shaft out of the bearing housing from the compressor
> side. Be very careful. Also as you take the turbo apart write down how
> every little part goes in...sometimes it can be hard to remember exactly
> which side goes which direction, etc. Also make sure you have a decent
> diagram to compare to and specs for measurements like shaft diameter,
> piston ring groove, bearing diam's., etc. Let me know if you're missing a
> diagram and this info; I have a copy of one, but it's a big file.
>
> About hoses, pegasus auto racing has a very good selection of race-type
> parts, like silicone hoses, even coolant hose, and other goodies. You can
> order their catalog from here: http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/
>
> good luck.
>
> -ameer
>
> >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:19:47 -0500
> >From: Konstantine Bogach <kbogach at home.com>
> >Reply-To: kbogach at home.com
> >To: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: K-26 disassembling question
> >
> >I am trying to rebuild K-26 turbo. I have a problem with disassambling.
> >After I removed impeller holding nut I can not pull impeller of the
> >shaft. Anybody know how to do it?
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Konstantin Bogach.
> >
> >
> >Message: 10
> >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:25:04 -0500
> >From: Konstantine Bogach <kbogach at home.com>
> >Reply-To: kbogach at home.com
> >To: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: need a source for Samco or compatible hose from IC to IM
> >
> >What is a good source for silicone intercooler to IM hose? I need one
> >with outlet for blowoff valve.
> >Thank you.
> >Konstantin Bogach.
>
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> Message: 3
> Reply-To: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> To: "Grant Bessom" <GBessom at Intersections.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: Towing a quattro with a tow dolly
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:24:46 +0100
>
> > What are the limitaions to towing a quattro with either the front or rear
> > wheels on the ground?
>
> As per the Driver's Handbook.
>
> --
> Phil Payne
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> Message: 4
> From: "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
> To: "'MCTXR4 at aol.com'" <MCTXR4 at aol.com>, vag at bavarianparts.com,
> quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: 95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:36:08 -0500
>
> Mike,
>
> I'm sorry to hear about your problems with your car. Yes there are things
> about Audi's that are annoying or just plain stupid. In the 80's it was
> things like the door handles breaking and the necks breaking on the
> radiators to name a few of them. And yes when your paying a dealer or a
> mechanic to repair them, its VERY expensive. I grew up with Audi's, my dad
> was an AoA employee so he had company cars for years. Our 1.5 hour rides to
> Cape Cod were always in a new Audi and when I finally bought my 1st type 44
> (5000/200), it brought back alot of memories of riding in the back seat of
> them new.
>
> Are they the most reliable cars in the world? Not by a long shot, though
> they are dependable when regular maintenance is performed on them. Did Audi
> over engineer some things? DEFINITELY! Things like the transmission
> problems your having are great examples of this. I don't really have any
> experience with the post 91 cars as I was in the Air Force at that time and
> out in CA for the next 8 years driving a couple of VW's and a 86 Coupe GT
> (GREAT GREAT GREAT car!!!), so I don't have the same attachment with the
> newer generation of Audi's. I also have heard of the poor service
> mentalities at alot of the Audi dealerships and how it pales in comparison
> to other manufacturers such as Jaguar or Mercedes.
>
> Anyways, I feel your pain Mike and just wanted to say that a good deal of us
> have run into that problem of "it costs WHAT??". Not sure if this is your
> 1st Audi, but I feel I have to say they aren't all problem children. When
> they are working correctly, they are some of the most comfortable and fun
> cars to drive that can still serve as a family car. (excluding of course the
> more exotic Audi's such as the TT and UrQuattro)
>
> Good luck,
>
> Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MCTXR4 at aol.com [mailto:MCTXR4 at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:51 AM
> To: vag at bavarianparts.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval
>
> If it's like the auto tranny on my '97 A4, there is NO service possible
> until it fails. These are sealed units. If you look carefully you'll find
> that there isn't even a dipstick to check fluid levels.
>
> It's inconceivable to me that we cannot service these transmissions to give
> us a chance at lengthening the service life. VW/Audi is so bloody confident
> of their engineering that they will not even give any reference to outside
> repair facilities on how to rebuild the transmission if it fails. It has to
> be replaced in toto with an entirely new unit. UNBELIEVABLE. I've checked
> cost on this as well, over $3k for the new unit plus labor.
>
> This is absolutely the last Audi I'll ever own.
>
> Mike Torio
>
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>
> Message: 5
> From: "nwloves" <dloves at myhome.net>
> To: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: osram bulbs
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 07:38:12 -0800
>
> Does anyone have a good on line source for Osram H4 bulbs?
> Seems $18 is rather steep.
> TIA
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:46:03 -0500
> To: Grant Bessom <GBessom at Intersections.com>,
> "'quattro at audifans.com'" <quattro at audifans.com>
> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Subject: Re: Towing a quattro with a tow dolly
>
> At 10:07 AM -0500 11/15/01, Grant Bessom wrote:
> >What are the limitaions to towing a quattro with either the front or rear
> >wheels on the ground?
>
> Consult either:
> -your Bently(factory shop manual)
> -your owner's manual
> -your local Audi dealer(the manual states "a booklet on towing your
> quattro properly is available from your local Audi dealer.")
>
> The safest is always flatbed, followed by towing with one end of the
> vehicle up and the other on a dolly system. If you want to do
> anything else, there's usually speed+distance restrictions, or it may
> be impossible...all depending upon what generation of quattro system
> you have.
>
> B
> --
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> "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
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> Message: 7
> Reply-To: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: old/new Audi coparisons
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:50:49 +0100
>
> > I think it is important to not forget what Audi was trying to do in the
> > eighties and nineties. When the 5000 came out, it was marketed as direct
> > competition for, and priced to compete with, Mercedes. BMW was just getting
> > the wind in its sails for "up market" cars, and Mercedes was THE symbol of
> > top end European, high priced cars.
>
> Very different here in Germany. The Type 44 gave both Daimler and BMW a terrible shock - not just because it was entering their
> preserve but because it was doing so with such an incredibly economical car. Where you get a free tank of gas with every hamburger
> this might not be an issue. Over here people will come up and tap on the driver's window if you sit waiting outside a shop for your
> passenger with the engine running. It wasn't just the cost - the forests started dying, too. And all of a sudden you could keep
> your luxury without being perceived as a planet-killer.
>
> There are memos extant from the time about the councils of war that the others had in a mad panic.
>
> --
> Phil Payne
> http://www.isham-research.com
> +44 7785 302 803
> +49 173 6242039
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> Message: 8
> Reply-To: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> To: "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>, <MCTXR4 at aol.com>,
> <vag at bavarianparts.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: 95-97 A6q 4sp AT - maintenance interval
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:54:47 +0100
>
> > Anyways, I feel your pain Mike and just wanted to say that a good deal of us
> > have run into that problem of "it costs WHAT??". Not sure if this is your
> > 1st Audi, but I feel I have to say they aren't all problem children. When
> > they are working correctly, they are some of the most comfortable and fun
> > cars to drive that can still serve as a family car. (excluding of course the
> > more exotic Audi's such as the TT and UrQuattro)
>
> Nothing wrong with an ur-quattro as a family car. My six-foot+ son is quite happy in the back. You can't carry luggage, of course,
> but four adults fit in in comfort - it's not a squeeze. And the kids love it when you pick up their friends in it.
>
> --
> Phil Payne
> http://www.isham-research.com
> +44 7785 302 803
> +49 173 6242039
>
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