[s-cars] Intro and Questions

[DOUGLAS LANDAETA]

From: "Fifield, Douglas" <Douglas.Fifield at TENNANTCO.com>
To: "'quattro at audifans.com'" <quattro at audifans.com>,
"'s-car-list at audifans.com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:32:42 -0600
Subject: [s-cars] Intro and Questions

Douglas, (in MN)

Welcome to the land of sickos! There's some BTDT below but firstly
What a find! Is it another Emerald Green over Ecru? great mileage. I'm
the car will enjoy the cold much better than Texas -- once you get the
thermostat replaced. I just got my '94S4 and the PO had no idea why it
was so cold. Correct Thermostat is an 87 degree C one and they don't
last forever. Of course you know about timing belts...

Try this, the OBD is accessed from the HVAC system push recirc and 'up-
vent' button at the same time. You'll see 01c or something like that.
Use the up/dowm temp buttons to cycle to 51c, then push up-vent
button. You will see the actual coolant temperature. It should rise to
about 80 or so at idle (in the Winter), but when driving should come
to 86-88. The gauge needle should be as close to straight up as
possible, although I have never seen one actually straight up. There's
a bunch of other stuff the OBD does and I'm sure someone will post the
link to the details, it was just mentioned like two weeks ago. Enjoy
the Avant - My kids loved that rear seat - but now with the sedan,
they love the seat heaters.

Cheers,
Doug (in NJ)
There's no antidote for UrS-car fever...

Original Message was:
Been a reader for quite some time, but previous sled was an 97 A4
1.8tqm. That car was totaled last October by a zoned out pizza jockey
in a 95 Neon doing 45 mph.  Car sacrificed self for me and my son.
Must have been message from Audi gods that it was time to upgrade.
After much searching, found, bought, and retrieved 95.5 S6 Avant with
40K on the clock.  Just drove it from Denver to Minneapolis.  A few
questions from a neophyte.

The temp during the drive from Denver to Mpls. was anywhere from -15
to +10 deg. F.  The water temp gage in the car seemed to barely get
off the cold side peg.  At highway speeds, it sat on about the second
hash mark.  If I stopped to gas up or eat, it got up a little higher,
but then dropped back down.  The heater worked, but I wonder if I have
a bum thermostat.  The car came from Austin, TX.  Where should the
water temp needle ride?

Another concern is that I couldn't get the windshield fluid system to
pump. Don't know if it is frozen, or not working for some other
reason.  Any suggestions on where to start debugging?

Lastly, the rear seat heater on the passenger side is reportably not
working (70 pound son doing the complaining).  I know there is a
pressure switch, but figure 70 lbs is enough to trigger it.  90 lb
daughter on other side of rear seat gets hot butt, exacerbating
problem.  Suggestions on where to look
for solution to this minor problem?

Other than that, the car drove like a dream.  Appears to be in mint
condition.

TIA,

Douglas in frigid Twin Cities
95.5 S6 Avant