[s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....

[Theodore Chen]

technically it's a BPV, not BOV (it's not venting to atmospheric).

did you check the little vacuum hose that goes from the top of the BPV
to the intake manifold?  mine was rubbing against the fan shroud and
chafed badly enough to create a small leak.

-teddy

--- Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hi Hap;
> 
> Interesting comment about the RS2 turbo - I hadn't thought of that. It feels
> like a turbo lag issue. If you are driving at part throttle and floor it,
> there isn't a problem. It's only when you lift completely during an upshift
> that there seems to be a lag getting back on throttle. I thought a bad BOV
> might be stalling the turbo so the dealer replaced it - didn't notice much
> improvement. Come to think of it, the dealers mechanic told me he used to be
> an Audi tech who had a couple of customers with S cars. When I was
> discussing the problem with him he mentioned that these cars could have
> different turbos and maybe that was the issue. I knew they were all supposed
> to have the K24 so I kind of brushed the comment aside. Maybe he was trying
> to tell me something. Maybe I got more than I thought I was buying, but with
> my luck it'll be an old K27 on there :) I guess I'll have to take a look!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Fred
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: captmagu at aol.com [mailto:captmagu at aol.com]
>   Sent: March 16, 2006 9:06 AM
>   To: munrof at sympatico.ca; s-car-list at audifans.com;
> SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com; quattro at audifans.com
>   Subject: Re: [s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....
> 
> 
>   Fred
> 
>   Sounds like a great car and a greater buying experience. Could the car
> have an RS2 urbo and thus cause the lag at shift issue???
> 
>   Hap, wit dakine tubo Q not from Evahboost, Maguire
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca>
>   To: s-car-list at audifans.com; SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com;
> quattro at audifans.com
>   Sent: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:03:47 -0500
>   Subject: [s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....
> 
> 
> 
> I've been feeling kind of left out of all the fun since my '94 S4 has been
> so rock-solid over the years and isn't entertaining me with mysterious
> misses, coil failures, hydraulic shenanigans or the like. In a fit of
> madness I bought a sleek black on black '97 S6 this weekend. At 145k km it's
> nice and tight and oh so quiet. Now I own two of these beasts - what are the
> chances they'll both remain trouble-free? :)
> 
> I usually buy my cars privately but I bought the S6 through a used car
> dealer in Toronto. It's been an interesting and unusual experience. I first
> viewed the car a month ago, took it for a test drive, had them put it up on
> a lift, and listed all the things I saw that needed repairing. The dealer
> said "Right, we'll get that sorted for you". He called back a week later and
> said it needed a new MAF to fix the power delivery problem and that would
> take some time to get in, so he was taking the car off the market until it
> was sorted out and I had a chance to come back down to see it and decide
> whether I wanted it. He replaced the fuel lines, rear diff seals, MTFS, MAF,
> front shocks, and freed up the trunk lock cylinder. When I test drove it
> this weekend I thought there was still a bit of a lag after a shift change,
> so he replaced the BOV and cleaned the throttle body and ISV. Not what I
> would typically expect from a used car dealer - my past experience has been
> what you see is what you get unless it prevented the car from getting a
> safety certificate. This guy seems very up-front and seemed to want to make
> sure the car was in good condition before it was sold. The dealer was Lang
> Motorcars in Toronto - he sells European makes, primarily Audi, Saab,
> Jaguar, and Land Rover from what I saw on the lot. I'd have no hesitation
> about buying another car from him.
> 
> The car passed the MIL and wife test with flying colours. I almost gave the
> FIL heart failure when I did a WOT second gear pull on Lakeshore during the
> test drive - it's a real beast when the power comes on, I'm wondering if
> it's chipped. The dealer's mechanic was wondering the same thing but I never
> did get around to checking to see if the carpet was cut. I'm still not
> completely satisfied that the lag issue after an upshift is resolved but I
> guess that will entertain me for a bit getting it sorted out.
> 
> In a massive act of self-denial I've parked it in a garage for the rest of
> the winter - I've got to get some use out of the new clutch I put into the
> '94 last month. Now I have to decide whether to sell the '94 or use it for a
> winter beater....decisions, decisions...
> 
> :) :)
> 
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4 270k
> '96 S6 145k
> 
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