[s-cars] Coolant leak and Servotronic

[Steve Marinello]

I wish I could just forget about the d*mn relay, but that's life.  After I
got a rebuilt rack from Jorgen, it seems that with the relay in, it's been
even more Caddy-like, but with it out, it feels heavier and more sluggish
than the original.  No idea why, but my son never complained about it with
the original rack (that he destroyed) but commented almost immediately with
the replacement.  Too bad you can't adjust it to individual taste.  Redoing
the front end and putting on new Bilsteins, which you would think would
tighten things up, yielded no improvement.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Keith Franchetti
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:47 PM
To: lee at wheelman.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant leak and Servotronic

Hi Lee-
Yes!  Oh, and what a difference it makes!  As you know.  It's under the
steering wheel. You have to loosen a couple of screws. Near that owners'
manual slot I believe. Looks very similar to the S6 servo relay. I'm trying
to put my hands on it now so I can tell you any other identifying markings.
But I'm not finding it. As I remember, might not be necessary to remove the
whole panel. I remember peeking in with a flashlight and being able to
remove without too much trouble. But it was a good 3 years ago, so that
might not be exactly true. Not hard though. 

Keith

On Mar 16, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

> On 3/16/2012 1:05 PM, Keith Franchetti wrote:
>> Also, Steve, I pulled my functioning servotronic relay out the day I 
>> got the car.  I don't like the cadilac feel it gives you.  Anyway, I 
>> have no idea what a fair price would be for it.  Feel free to make an
offer.
>> (Pulled the one for my '01 A6 as well!)
>> 
>> 
> Um, wait a minute. The later cars have this too?
> 
> I completed a servo-ectomony on my S6 avant when I first got the car.
Would like to do the same on my '99 A6. Keith, I'd appreciate any pointers
on where to find the servo and how to identify it. Much appreciated.
> 
> Funny irrelevant point. IIRC, Steve's car and mine have adjacent serial
numbers.  Both are the quite rare Green/Ecru color combination.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Lee
> 

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