New to Audis...Again

[LL - NY]

Overall, good synopsis Kent, however the heater blower motor replacement
(may as well do the heater core while at it, b/c you don't want to have to
back
into there when it fails) can be done entirely underhood.

The claimed list record seems to range around 2 to 2.5 hrs, I personally
took
6 being extordinarily careful (and fearful) of breaking plastic bits. Do an
archive
search on the "steakknife" heater blower/core repair. It's lengthy, but not
technically
difficult to do.

LL - NY

On 8/16/06, Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> audirob44 at comcast.net wrote:
> > Greetings All!
> >
> > I've just purchased .. an 1989 200 (both front wheel drive with
> automatics)
>
> Welcome back. You should know better than to buy a 200 automatic. :)
>
> > First the 100:
> > After driving on the highway for 10 minutes or so at sustained speeds
> above
> > 50mph, the Check Engine light comes on and stays on.  Any thoughts?
>
> Pull the codes:
> http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/trouble2.html
>
> > The 200:
> > When driving on the highway at about 60mph, the check engine light comes
> on,
>
> Pull the codes.
>
> > Also, the blower motor is incredibly loud, and I would like to replace
> it.
>
> Big job (~8-10 hours), as most of the dash has to come apart.
>
> > The guy I bought this car from has amazing records on it and has rebuilt
> the
> > tranny twice.  The last time at 180k.
>
> What does that tell you?
>
> > What are some things I can do to extend the tranny life between
> rebuilds?
>
> Flush the transmission fluid yearly. Maybe use one of those
> powered-flush services offered by transmission places. Some
> people will drain what they can (on the V8s, it is about
> 4 qts), refill, drive, and repeat until you have changed
> out 12 qts; not perfect, but better than doing nothing.
>
> > Finally, the car is hard to start when its cold, requireing that I crank
> > it for about 10 seconds and hold the gas pedal part way down.
>
> It may be the check valve by the fuel pump (in the tank). Bad injectors
> can also leak-down.
>
> > Once it starts, it runs rough for a few minute and will die if I let
> > off the gas.
>
> That sounds like it may be a bad sensor.  Pull the codes. :)
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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