[s-cars] Clutch in 94' S4

[Igor Kessel]

"Freed, David (Exchange)" wrote:
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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
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> -----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
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> 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:
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> > 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!
> >
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> > Nacho Ruiz - mailto:nax at ya.com <mailto:nax at ya.com>

My good friend and neighbour Stefan had such a hard clutch in his '95 at
~120 kmi which I diagnosed as failing, especially if compared with the
required clutch effort in my '97 at 1/3 of his mileage.
His first words after he had the clutch replaced were: damn, I didn't
know that the clutch was supposed to be this light. Almost to the level
of my wife's A4.

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Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros