[s-cars] Clutch in 94' S4

[Freed, David (Exchange)]

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I disagree.  I got a '93 S4 that I bought with 45,000 miles.  The clutch
never felt smooth and the throw-out bearing has always made noise.  Got to
85,000 miles with the same clutch but if I really push it I can feel the
clutch slipping some.  Don't ask how bad it smells when I trounce the
clutch.  Taka knows though.  The standard test used by clutch salesmen (my
father was one) is to put on the brake hard and let up the clutch slowly.
The motor should stall.  I think there is a heavy duty version of the Sachs
clutch that some people have used successfully with high HP motors.  I have
no direct experience with these but will be doing the clutch sometime in the
next 6 months and looking for one.

Dave Freed  '93 S4, '90 Coupe 20v(new), '91 200 TQA(parts for sale)
Rutherford, NJ

-----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:02:34 +0200 (CEST)
From: nax at ya.com
To: =?Windows-1252?Q?Vincent_Fr=E9geac?= <vfregeac at sympatico.ca>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Clutch in 94' S4


I owned a Nissan 200sx before, and the clutch was smoother, but with daily
driving I accustomed to run with this Audi (normal?) clutch.. The strange
thing is that the PO said me that he changed the clutch at about 100000km!
If I release the clutch and the car goes up without touching the accel, its
a symptom of a good clutch?

Thanks for all answers.

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, [Windows-1252] Vincent Fr=E9geac wrote:

> Except if the PO was doing stoplight drag racing, the clutch itself
> should be fine at 120000km. My S6 have 156000km with no sign to need a
> clutch rebuild and my 90Q20V idem with 278000km. Looks more like
> you're not used yet to the feeling of the S4/S6 clutch feeling. What
> make of car did you =
own
> before this one?
>
>
>
> Vincent.
> '96 S6
> '90 90Q20V
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]De
<mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]De>  la part de Nacho Ruiz(r)
> Envoy=E9 : 9 septembre 2002 12:51 =C0 : s-car-list at audifans.com
> Objet : [s-cars] Clutch in 94' S4
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> Hi everybody!
> It's normal that the pedal clutch goes very hard in this model? Or its
> a symptom that something goes bad?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Nacho Ruiz - mailto:nax at ya.com <mailto:nax at ya.com>
>

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