Maybe a new ride for Honey ?

[Kent McLean]

Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
> One colleague offered me an 2002 A4 Quattro Avant, 3.0 liter and 6-speed.
> Very nice car, black over crème, sport chassis with new 17 in. P-Zero Rosso.
> New clutch. 145 000 km, 90K miles. Price is very good, I just want to know
> what are the usual suspects : front suspension a-arms, V6 intake gasket, oil
> separation circuit, anything else ?

The driver information display (the rectangular LED display dead center
in the cluster) tends to die over time.  Make sure it has all good pixels.
On my 1999 A4, it's totally dark unless the temperature is below 35F. I
think it may have hidden the low oil warning light that lead to me killing
its engine.  I can't imagine they'd have "improved" its longevity.

The fix involved replacing the cluster. A few people have found the LCD
panel on eBay and unsoldered and resoldered it in, but there are a lot
of connections and they're tiny.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"