Subject: Tips on Alternator Replacement for 1998 A4 Avant

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

Isn't odd, that whenever something major, or even relatively minor
involves removing the bumper cover?  As the age line goes: What were
they thinking? or They designed it, but do not work on it.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/4/08 12:13 AM, "quattro-request at audifans.com"
> <quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:
>
>>I took off the covers and dropped the plastic underpan and had a hard time
>>even finding the damned alternator. My god! Do they expect you to yank the
>>radiator just to get at the bolts.
>
>
> I'm not familiar with the '98 A4 but if it is anything like my '95 S6, the
> alternator will be on the driver's side of the engine, driven by the
> serpentine belt.
>
> It's possible to change it (mine at least) by removing the bolts holding the
> power steering pump and then moving the pump out of the way. I've actually
> changed the serpentine belt and put in a new alternator with a bit of
> creativity using a long stiff wire bent into an L to assist with guiding the
> serpentine belt where it needed to go at the bottom of the engine.
>
> Take a hard look at where everything is and see if this isn't an option for
> your car. Otherwise, it's fairly easy to pull the bumper cover and then
> swivel the radiator out of the way for more access (again, on my car. Yours
> may be different).
>
> I'm sure others will have better advice. . .
>
> Tom '95 S6 Avant
>
>
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Danton J.A. Cardoso