'94 100CS maladies

[Elliott Potter]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:46:23 -0400, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:

>  First of all, the high pressure hydraulic hose that runs to the steering
>  rack started to leak.  I was adding about half a cup of Pentosin a week, and
>  my mechanic, who is an Audi Master Tech, promptly ordered the replacement.

Yes, that's fairly common.

>  The other problem is the rear view mirror on the right door intermittently
>  will look down when the car is backed, and the back-up lights will work
>  intermittently as well.  The diagnosis is the switch that controls the back
>  up lights, which is either under the quadrant on on the side of the
>  transmission....we'll find it on another visit soon.

It could be a broken wire in the bundle of wires that goes in to the trunk lid
to power the lights, as well.  When those break and short there are
intermittant results.  I think the mirror is only supposed to look down if that
mirror is selected with the button you use to adjust it.

>  It appears that the car "uses" a quart of oil in about 2,000 miles, but it
>  is really too soon to be sure.  I'll let you know.

1 qt/2k miles isn't so bad; if the car consumes less than 1qt/1k miles an Audi
dealer won't even look at it.

>  In the meantime, the car is proving to be perfect for its intended service.
>  We will be driving it to Florida in November, and then after the arrival of
>  my daugher's second child, to California and back by December 15th.

Congrats!
--
Elliott