[s-cars] My Ailing 94 S4 Saga Goes On

[Steve Mills]

Sorry to hear you're having so many problems. Which fan failed? The clutch
fan or the electric one? Either way unfortunately it's unlikely to be
related to your running problems.

On the rear doors not opening from the inside- I haven't used them in a
looong time, and you may not be aware of it, but the rear doors do have
child locks- have you checked those? Having them set to the kiddy position
would explain why they don't work from the inside. I've had passengers
accidentally switch these when getting in or out of the car in the past.

Also, I should have at least one spare sunroof panel clip around if you
can't find yours- let me know.

Steve

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Gregory Wolters <gjwarch at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> What a day,
>
> I hopped out of the car and noticed my just changed pentosin coolant
> draining
> onto the road and the engine died.  The water hose from the reservoir to
> the
> radiator was leaking at the radiator.  Then I noticed the plastic radiator
> shroud was damaged... then I noticed that the radiator fan had broken
> apart!
>
> Now I figure I'll have to pull the bumper, the radiator, put a new fan and
> shroud on, put it together and see what happens.  Then I'll be back to
> where I
> was this morning.
>
> I guess my question to the group is do 16 year old plastic fans with
> 180,000
> miles on them come apart?  Or might there have been something related to my
> other problems?  It seems possible the fan could become brittle and come
> apart
> in that high heat situation.
>
> Oh yea, after I fix that and my starting/running/idling problem I will need
> to
> work on getting the windows and sunroof to work, fix the sunroof control
> panel
> that dropped out and I lost the clip (tore my car apart looking for it, I
> figure
> it's in the body of the car roof somewhere), get the turbo running and get
> both
> passenger side doors to work from the inside.  I'm sure there's more but I
> don't
> want to think about it.
>
> Meanwhile my wife's 95.5 S6 keeps hummin' along.  Even without Samco hoses!
> She's at 115,000 miles.
>
> Greg
> 94 S4
> 95.5 S6
> 97 A8
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