[s-cars] Another Noobie! (Long & Possibly Boring!)

[David Kase]

I concur - Scott went out of his way to get me a set of cleaned/flowed
injectors...

 Scott Mockry has provided invaluable troubleshooting information for Audi
> turbocharged engines and is also recommended parts supplier.
> http://www.sjmautotechnik.com
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> On Sep 29, 2010, at 2:51 PM, David Kase wrote:
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> > I have had 6 or 7 Audi's over the past 12 years - did all my own work and
> > have never used Blau.  Good service I think but you pay for it with the
> part
> > prices.
> >
> > fap99.com is where I source my new parts from, also used and some new
> from
> > Chris at force5auto.com
> >
> > Dave Kase
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> >
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tom Heitzman <gyro at stuffinder.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>       I've been following this list for over a year and, in fact, bought
> >> my 1st Audi, a '98 A4 V6 Avant 5MT (141 K now 156 K) through the list
> from
> >> a
> >> list member's(Rich Assarabowski) son at the beginning of the year. It
> was
> >> well cared for but due for Control Arms & Timing Belt/Water pump
> service. I
> >> liked it so much I found a '99 A6 Avant w/39Kmi in Palm Beach, FL for my
> >> wife. I did the Timing Belt/Water Pump on that as well due to age.
> >> It's now ready for control arms at 51K mi. which leads to my 1st
> question.
> >> Has anybody had any experience with OCAP (Italy) control arms? My
> mechanic
> >> who works for a VW dealer and does a lot of Passat's
> >> With same components said the Meyle set I sourced for him seemed to be
> >> fine.
> >> Another friend who got me into this whole Audi thing (has a Brumos
> Porsche
> >> prepared 200 20v and 2 matching Urs4's) said he's been very happy with
> >> Blauparts for his cars. (he's got two VW TDI's as well!) I went to
> >> Blauparts
> >> website and they're no longer handling Meyle control arms but raving
> about
> >> Ocap. With the exception of Lemforder (I haven't seen any prices for
> >> complete set's) Febi/Bilstein, Meyle and Ocap are all close enough in
> price
> >> that I'd just go with whatever most people consider best.
> >>
> >>       Any opinions?
> >>
> >>       TIA, Tom Heitzman aka Stuffinder
> >>
> >> PS After being forewarned about Control Arm/Oil Leaking issues in B5/C5
> V6
> >> cars I've decided to increase the interval between these events by
> buying a
> >> Urs6. While monitoring the list Dave Kase mentioned a 51,000 mile car on
> >> Craigslist in NH and I went up and bought it last Thursday! This will
> open
> >> a
> >> whole new bucket of worms! I'll be looking for lots of stuff for that
> car
> >> I'm sure. Since it's going to be my April Fool's-Halloween ride I have
> time
> >> over the winter to address the plentitude of minor issues it has. Watch
> the
> >> wanted list I'll be looking for lots of stuff, including a car cover it
> can
> >> share with the A4.
> >>
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