[s-cars] First of my own wrenching of my '01 S4

[Doug Landaeta]

Steve,

Although I can't address much about a B5 bodied
S4, (I've heard that the bumper has to come off to
work on it!), I can direct your query to the
biturbos4 list, on the copy line. Yes, you have an
S-car, but this list is mainly C4 bodied
uni-turbo'ed old stuff from the glory days of
metal intercooler pipes and long wheelbases.  No
offense at all, especially since several UrS-car
listers probably have both in their stable.

See
http://www.audifans.com/mailman.php

You need these folks:
http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4

Cheers,

Doug L
94 S4

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Single Malt [mailto:s_malt at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:44 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] First of my own wrenching of
> my '01 S4
> 
> I am an extremely novice Audi owner ... I do
> have *some* wrench experience from
> my youth ... oil changes, tune-ups, exhaust
> work, some brake work and so on.
> 
> Now that my car is out of the original warranty,
> I felt like tinkering a bit.
> I've been told that replacing the air filter
> with a K&N variety would yield
> some more power and could hardly effect the Audi
> Assured coverage I am now
> enjoying.  I've also been told to replace the
> diverter valves with ones from
> the Audi TT ... anyone have any info/insight
> (including part numbers) on this?
> Any other EASY modifications that should be done
> right away?
> 
> You can view pictures of my little project at:
> http://www.inners.com/s4airfilter/airfilter.html
> 
> I came across an extra part under the filter.
> Looks like some kind of
> retaining clip.  I could not find a place that
> was obviously missing anything.
> Anyone able to identify this? -third picture
> from the top
> 
> I also found out that the most unreachable
> retaining clip had not been attached
> at some point.  Yet another reason to start
> undertaking the task of DIY repair!
>  I found it easiest to do this clip FIRST. It
> took a second person to press
> down on the edge of the upper cover using a long
> rod, while I fiddled that clip
> into place with a long screwdriver ... is there
> an easier way?
> 
> I found that it is quite easy to drop parts down
> into the belly pan.  I was
> lucky with the O-ring that seals the MAF
> connection and was able to fish it out
> with a modified hanger.  One of the hose
> retaining clips, however, required
> lifting the front end and dropping the belly pan
> to retrieve it.  A lift would
> *sure* come in handy!
> 
> I would really like to hook up with a local
> lister (Denver, CO) who might be
> interested in mentoring ... anyone??
> 
> Steve, looking for a mentor, Inners
> 
> aka...
> 
> 
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> ################################################
> ##########
> Single Malt
> '01.5 S4
> Garaged at 9200ft
> just outside Denver, CO
> 
> 
> 
> 
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