[s-cars] Looking at an 1995 S6 avant today ...advice on what to look out for?

[Taka Mizutani]

Peter-
Some things that you didn't mention:

Check the shock towers for cracking
Check the power steering rack mounting points for fatigue
Check for play in the driveshaft u-joint
Rear trapezoidal links, check for play
Corrosion in the rear hatch panel
Proper function of the climate control
Exhaust system- were the cats ever replaced?
Engine mounts, trans mounts
Control arm and swaybar bushings
Whining or grinding of the transmission
Any slop in the rear diff?
Boost hoses, crossover pipe and intercooler condition
Lower door trim?

Taka

On 9/18/06, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Gents:
>
> Looking at a northeast US 1995 S6 avant today in the "highly
> desirable" green/ecru (LOL) combination.
>
> I'm not enamoured with the interior color, but the car is going to be
> a family hauler, and the fact that a lighter color interior reflects
> heat better than a dark one may offset the obvious challenge in
> keeping a very light interior clean with 4 & 7 year old boys in it.
>
> Car has high miles (>200k), no mods,  but a very long list of
> maintenance work done in the last 50K miles ( suspension, brakes, TB,
> sensors, switches, yadda yadda.)
>
> Other than coil packs, POS, cam position sensors, are there other
> gotchas that I should look out for ( other than the obvious road rash
> from the miles on the body) ???  How does one easily test the Climate
> Control for error codes?
>
> I plan on bringing my VAGCOM...
>
> From my sig, you can tell that my experience is with the type 89s
> and late 44s, so distributer-less ignition is something new to me.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Peter Schulz
> Chelmsford Ma, USA
> http://www.naaclub.org/
>
> 1991 200 20v Q Avant Titan Grey
> 1991 200 20v Q Avant Indigo Mica
> 1991 90 20v Q Red
>
> 1990 CQ silver (awaiting S2 engine transplant)
> 1991 CQ silver  (potentially replacing the 1990 for  the transplant)
> 1990 CQ red ( to part or not)
>
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