[s-cars] Coming up from 5000TQ?

[Tony]

I had a 86 5000TQ. It went up in smoke on my driveway two days after
returning from the shop. The idiots took apart the power regulator to fix a
"no 12V" problem only to find it was the power cable from the battery thru
the firewall had coroded directly under the windscreen wash bottle. They
didn't put it back quite right :(

Tony
96 S6


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Smith" <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org>
To: "Robert Deis" <rdeis at io.com>
Cc: "Charlie Smith" <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org>; "Audi S Car List"
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coming up from 5000TQ?


> Earlier, Robert Deis wrote:
> >
> > Hey, all, I have an 86 5000TQw that we've put a lot of time and effort
> > into and really enjoy-- but I''m getting to where I don't have the time
> > to spend anymore so I'm thinking about moving up to an S6 Avant.
> >
> > Question is:  What sorts of trouble may I expect with an S6, and will I
> > really be spending significantly less time maintaining it than the 5000?
>
> Hi -
>
> Other folks said the main points
> - newer technology: many things are more reliable
> - probably more important to change timing belt, idler & water pump on
schedule
> - MUCH more opportunity to get go-faster parts  :-)
> - some things never change, hydraulic bomb and hoses  :-)
>
> I put 200K miles on an '86 5kCSTQ, and did most of the usual things
> myself.  4 or 5 window switch's, 1 window lift mechanism, 1 hyd acccum
> and two hyd hoses, rebuilt the steering rack, shocks, timing belt twice,
> rear brake calipers, exhaust manifold replaced, clutch & throwout bearing
> once, and I don't remember many other major repair things.  I fooled
> around raising the turbo boost and blew the intercooler apart - but that
> comes under the category of self inflicted injury.
>
> The '95 S6 has 93K miles, and the only big failure was 1st gear in the
> transmission, which gave me the opportunity (excuse) to install an
> RS2 6 speed.  I've done lots of other things as "improvements" that
> didn't have to be done, almost all in the go-faster category:
>
>     http://www.elektro.com/~audi/s6q95/
>
> To directly answer your main question, will you spend significantly
> less time maintaining it than the 5000 - I think the answer is a definite
> yes.
>
>     - Charlie
>
>
>   Charlie Smith  charlie {at} elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418
>   http://www.elektro.com/~charlie          Columbus Ohio   USA
>   http://www.elektro.com/~audi         photos & technical info
>
>   95 S6 Quattro  -  24 PSI, RS2 6 speed, and other features
>   97 Dodge Ram   -  40 PSI, 4x4 w/Cummins turbo diesel
>
>
>
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