[s-cars] introduction and some beginner questions

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

 Other listers will have to answer #1 and 2 for you, but the below suggested OE dealer is very capable of looking parts up for you.

3) I've always liked Sunset Audi in Portland.  http://www.sunsetimports.com/parts/     They have good prices, and offer an Audifans discount.  Always been great to me.  For more common parts, I usually go to autohausaz.com.

4) Yes, this is always a can of worms.  I like Shell Rotella synthetic, now called T6 5W40.  I was a fleet manager for a quite some time, and the Shell Rotella products always tested out at the top.  I've used this oil in all my Audis (all of my cars and motorcycles for that matter), and several of them have been fairly high output engines.  I ran many of these cars into the mid 200k mile range with no issues.  I still have a Jeep Grand Cherokee that I've used this oil in... it now has about 305k miles on it... I've never even had a head off of that engine.  I also run it in my 930, and it works wonderfully, and runs cool.

So while oil conversations will rapidly turn into some serious speculations... I know that not only can this oil be trusted, including severe use, but you can get it at your local walmart for a reasonable price.  When you start moving into the "wonder oils" I believe the cost-benefit just isn't there.

Good luck,
Dave

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dusten Tornow <Dusten.Tornow at cdw.com>
To: s-car-list at audifans.com <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 9:22 am
Subject: [s-cars] introduction and some beginner questions


Howdy -

I just picked up a '95 S6 Avant this past weekend, thought I'd introduce myself 
and ask some new guy questions.

I'm a former BMW guy, having just sold my built e36 m3 and supercharged 318ti.  
I live in Denver (where there seems to be a high concentration of the urS6 
cars).  I helped a friend (Matt Pelkey, I think he's on this list) with a RS2 
upgrade on his '95.5 Avant a couple years back, before he sold it.  I've got a 
couple questions that I'm hoping you can help me with, just to get me started:


1.       Can I search the s-car-list archives?  I checked the audifans.com wiki 
and couldn't find anything, I'm sure I'm missing something here.

2.       Is there an online parts catalog available with exploded views and OEM 
part numbers?  BMW folks have this:  http://realoem.com/bmw/select.do, there are 
a variety of small parts that I need to source, and finding part numbers has 
been a pain!

3.       Recommendation for OEM parts supplier?  I don't mind paying a small 
amount extra for great service/fast turn around.

4.       Oil recommendation (hope this isn't a can of worms!)?  I'm not sure 
when oil was changed last, what are you folks running?  I'm totally stock.

Thanks in advance!
Dusten Tornow
'95 S6 Avant - needing some TLC

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