Checklist for Reliability of Older Audis

[Tony Hoffman]

You can clean the fusebox in an ultrasonic cleaner. That's what I did with
mine, has been going strong since. As for what goes wrong, Cody and Huw have
pretty well covered it. Mostly, replace anything plastic or rubber, and it
will give you years of good service. I daily drive mine, and never wonder if
it will start, run, or get me to and from on a 3000mile road trip. Just
wonder what little thing will break next (lately it's the cruise rod).

But, it's so versatile, and so comfortable, and relative to the new ones, so
cheap to maintain, that I can't imagine what I'd replace it with. I probably
won't go newer than 95 ever!

Tony

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:52 AM, <TWFAUST at aol.com> wrote:

>
> "I realize that the car is old, but I'm hoping to put together a basic
> checklist of items to verify to help ensure reliability."
>
> I am in basically in the same position with my '82 CGT, It reads 45K, but I
>  suspect more like 95K. The inspection sticker  indicates I haven't used it
>  in 5 years. I am thinking of putting it back on the road. Since the
> Germans  stuck to rubber far longer than the rest of the world, are there
> any
> seals or  gaskets I should particularly worry about?
>
> It currently has "green death" in the fuse box, so I expect electrics will
> be a problem.
>
> Tom Faust