[s-cars] some questions regarding my S4

[Bjørn Ødegård]

1. Park your car until you can do the belt, you _don't_ want it to snap!
(even if it seems OK upon a visible inspection, a 150'kms/nine year old
belt is not worth trusting your 32 valves and 8 pistons!!
2. Read nr. 1.
3. Ignore the little puff of smoke at startup, when it smokes after (or
during!) a long downhill engine-braking and throttle reapply, you might
reconsider doing the tops..
4. The 4.2 is known to use some oil, and I wouldn't bother doing
anything to an engine that doesn't leave blue trails when driving
normally.

Frederic had to de-head his S6+, he might have some numbers for at least
that procedure.

Bjorn  :o)
'92 S4 MTM

----- Original Message -----
From: "JR Tolleson" <jrt105 at yahoo.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: [s-cars] some questions regarding my S4


> I own a 1994 Euro-spec S4 4.2 with the 6-speed, and I have a couple of
questions
> about it.  When I start the car, I sometimes get a puff of smoke out
the exhaust.
> I've checked around the Internet, and it seems the valve guides might
be at fault.
> Does anybody have any other ideas?  Also, if the fix action is a
"top-end" rebuild,
> about how much is that going to cost?  I guess that's my only question
for now, as
> the car is in for maintenance right now (brakes, clutch, and A/).
Also, I have a
> ticking noise coming from my belt path, but only at idle.  If I give
it some gas, it
> goes away, but then comes back upon reaching idle.  I'm also overdue
for the timing
> belt change (supposed to be at 120k km, but I'm up to 146k on the
odo - will do when
> I get back from a TDY in a couple of weeks), could this have anything
to do with the
> ticking?
>
> JR Tolleson
> jrt105 at yahoo.com
>
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