[s-cars] New Purchase - 1992 S4

[tblack]

The intensive windshield washer is activated by the small button, facing the
driver, on the wiper stalk. It operates indepenbently of the main washer. I
use winter washer fluid with about 1/3 methyl alcohol added to act as a
quick deicer. This has worked well for me these last seven + years. Kirby's
response covers all of the other concerns.
HTH>
Tom Black.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirby Smith" <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net>
To: "Mike Bishoff" <mikebishoff at hotmail.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] New Purchase - 1992 S4


> Welcome to the club.  Some comments follow your questions.
>
> Mike Bishoff wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > My wife and I just bought our first urS4 and it's a rocket ship! What a
> > blast to drive. It doesn't quite have the acceleration of the Kawasaki
ZX9R
> > and ZX11 we drive, but it moves quite nicely. It's clear why this is
such an
> > amazing vehicle. We're pretty pumped on the car and have sent off our
dues
> > to Audi Club of NA, purchased a Bentley manual on CD and parts diagrams.
The
> > car has 79,000 miles, cosmetically in very good condition in and out,
but
> > there are some anomalies.
> >
> > Please keep in mind that I'm an Audi newbie as I possibly ask stupid
> > questions. I'm very mechanical, but need some advice on a few items.
Your
> > help appreciated.
> >
> > 1. The S4 pulls noticeably to the left, so I had it aligned, but the
same
> > thing happens. The shop I had the alignment done is reputable and I've
had
> > other cars done there to my satisfaction, but not the Audi. The mechanic
> > stated he couldn't get the steering wheel straight because some nuts
were
> > "frozen", but I'm wondering if he simply didn't have the right tools.
>
> Your mechanic just admitted that he didn't really align it.  Step one of
> an Audi alignment is to spend the hours needed to loosen all needed
> connections and replace any links that won't cooperate.  Stip two is to
> setup the alignment equipment, which is next most time consuming.  And
> Step three is the actual adjustment.
> >
> > 2. Audi Bose Radio - this makes a horrible high volume, high pitched
noise
> > when turned on. What's going on there?
>
> One of the antennas may be disconnected.  You will have to pull the
> radio and check behind it.
> >
> > 3. Windshield Fluid Warning - Comes on often. I just filled it to the
top
> > and the warning comes on intermittently.
> >
> > 4. Intensive Windshield Thing - I can see where the resevoir is for
this,
> > but I don't understand what it does. Do you put acid in here to keep
things
> > really clean? :-)
>
> I don't have this model
> >
> > 5. Seat Heaters - The passenger seat works well, but is controlled by
the
> > driver's control. The driver's seat does not work even when using the
> > passenger control. Any ideas here?
>
> Somebody took a shortcut fixing a seat heater circuit.  Obviously the
> driver side control should work for the driver's seat.  Step one would
> be to hook it to the correct connector and see if the drivers seat
> works.  Maybe the passenger was insistent about having a heated seat but
> had a bad control someone was too cheap to repair.
> >
> > 6. Headlights - The lighting while on low beams only is very poor in my
> > opinion. Hitting the high beams works well, but obviously is irritating
to
> > oncoming drivers. I now ride with the fog lights on all the time to get
> > extra lighting up front. Can this be remedied with higher output halogen
> > bulbs for the headlights? Something like 85w for the 9005 and 100w for
the
> > 9005?
> >
> Headlights need to be disassembled and surfaces cleaned.  Then the lows
> will be merely mediocre.
>
> > 7. More Horsepower - There seems to be a wealth of information on basic
> > chipping to boost horsepower. Is there a "most popular" tried and true
> > technique?
> >
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Mike
> > Seattle, WA
> >
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