[s-cars] tire wear on lowered cars

[kbogach@comcast.net]

Fred,  it is exactly where the leak is.   I suspected the switch but I did not know that thay are prone to this kind of failure.   I would look for something else first.  Thanks for the pointer.   Is it a dealer only item?   

Konstantin.

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> Konstantin; 
> 
> For the oil leak on the S4, check the oil pressure switch located under the 
> intake manifold towards the front of the engine. They tend to leak after 10 
> years or so - easy fix. 
> 
> Fred Munro 
> '94 S4 
> 
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> Sent: October 10, 2005 12:51 AM 
> To: Tom Green 
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; Bob at chips-ur-s.com; bluevr6 at yahoo.com 
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] tire wear on lowered cars 
> 
> 
> Thank you, guys, for responding on my question and, please, accept my 
> appologies for my delayed response -- I could not get to my e-mail. 
> Apparently, I am going to save $200 by not doing another alignment. It 
> looks like my case fits into "aggressive driving with 15K miles out of 
> tires" category. From other hand... why my 200tqa does not show uneven 
> wear? It does not have performance tires, though. Does it make a 
> significant difference? 
> 
> I've been not able to read digests since winter due to some complications in 
> my overall life. Time became totally unavailable. I resisted to 
> acknowledge it and sign off from the list, so I just trash digests and hope 
> to read them next day. I feel better that way. Same with quattro list. I 
> also did not do any work on cars for almost a year (last was a head rebuild 
> and everything around on 200tq '89). But it looks like, I need to get back 
> to work on both cars if I don't want to end up with no transportation. Oil 
> leak developed on S4, somewhere under intake manifold (I thought bad clamps 
> but replacing/tightening did not help). 200tqa does something funny: AC 
> clutch does not turn off on the running car (can not locate damn relay ); 
> autocheck starts when I open driver's door; autocheck, battery, engine 
> lights stay on when ignition is off. Everything except clutch problem seems 
> to be rain related (ground?!) and intermittent. Doesn't it sound like a 
> fun? :-) 
> 
> Thanks again. It is hard to overestimate the help from the list. 
> Konstantin. 
> 
> 
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> 
> > Konstantin, 
> > 
> > Where have you been lurking? You haven't had much to say lately. 
> > 
> > I don't connect with your diagram. Did the shop offer possible 
> > causes for your unusual wear? 
> > If the set-up is correct as stated and you keep tire pressures up, I 
> > suspect you may have some 
> > suspension parts worn. 
> > 
> > I have seen some independent shops reluctant to point out some 
> > suspension and steering parts that 
> > are worn because of ignorance or perception that the parts and labor 
> > are so expensive the owner won't 
> > do it on such an old car. 
> > 
> > I assume if you have been testing the limits of these performance 
> > tires at the track, you would have so stated. 
> > Correct ? Pushing in the corners a lot can feather the tread of 
> > these high traction tires. 
> > 
> > Tom '95 S6 
> > '95.5 S6 Avant 
> > 
> > 
> > > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:56:48 +0000 
> > > From: kbogach at comcast.net 
> > > Subject: [s-cars] tire wear on a lowered cars 
> > > To: s-car-list at audifans.com 
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> > > Hello. 
> > > I have SP8000 tires on lowered UrS4 '93 with 2B camber plates. 
> > > Camber is -0.6, everything else is spec, according to my local STS 
> > > shop. By the way, they did mine both 200tq (stock suspension) and 
> > > it looks perfect after many miles. There is an excessive outer 
> > > edge wear on the front SP8000s. Plus, I was told, there is not 
> > > good wearing pattern overall: the adjacent edges on two adjacent 
> > > treads are of different hight (different wear). I tried to depict 
> > > it below. 
> > > Before I shell off $200 for alignment at a dealer I'd like to ask 
> > > question: if the current alignment is actually what is on the 
> > > shop's printout, shall I see obvious uneven wear on 10Kmi old 
> > > SP8000s? Can it be specific to performance tires? These ones my 
> > > first performance tires ever. 
> > > 
> > > Thanks. 
> > > Konstantin. 
> > > UrS4 '93 
> > > 200tq '89 
> > > 200tqa' 89 
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> > > 
> > 
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