[V6-12v] all quiet on the AUDI Front

[Clive Young]

George

It is amazing how much you learn from "rants"

..keep it up ..

Clive
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Tur" <getur at optonline.net>
To: "Audi list" <v6-12v at www.audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] all quiet on the AUDI Front


> On Saturday 20 March 2004 09:32, Clive Young wrote:
> > okay so whats going on ..its WAY to quiet. I can't believe with all
these
> > AUDI's none of them are breaking ! :-)
> >
> > We need some complaints / stories/ fixes to keep the juices flowing.
> > Anybody got any updates on fixes? ,I think as a group to be successfull
we
> > need more feedback from guys who ask for advice, let us know if fixes
help
> > and what things you find when fixes don't help. As a small community of
> > motorheads we need as much info as we can get to make us stronger. Okay
so
> > there we have it, at least maybe I have made some AUDI controversy ! It
> > would be nice to know if any progress or anything has been tried on the
:
> >
> > 1.    Hesitation problem somebody had with the Automatic, and the
vibration
> > 2.    The oil leak that was suspected in the Valley Pan gasket  ( A
> > procedure for that pig of a Job sounds great ) 3.    Our teeth counting
> > timing belt procedure ! any body try it ?
> >
> > anyway just my .02c Canadian ..well actaully its getting close to
.02cents
> > American ...ouch ..go Euro ...oops i think I just made more controversy
:-)
> >
> > Clive
> >
> **************************
> No feed back about any of the items you've listed above, but I do want to
vent
> about the latest go around with the local audi independent.
>
> Brought the wife's 1995 A6 in to get a bunch of items done: such as a hood
> latch spring, replace windshield washer sprayers, check out a whining
noise
> from the the tranny/drive shaft area when the car is cold and replace the
> reverse light switch. Now the items that concerned me were the whining
noise
> and the reverse switch. I think the whine is coming from the drive shaft
that
> was replaced last year, the same shop, and I want to catch any problem
before
> it goes to far. The reverse switch has to be replaced because it is a
safety
> issue and it is required for the state motor vehicle inspection.
>
> Any way the car has been in there a number of times to get these items
done
> and because of the shops or the audi dealer's parts screwups the work was
> delayed. This last time the shop promised that they had all the parts and
> that they would have the car out the same day. Well I get a call late on
> Friday from the shop saying that they are having a problem with the
reverse
> switch. It seems that in trying to take the unit out they stripped the
screw
> heads, so now they can't get any purchase on the screws. I drove over to
the
> shop to take a look and see, actually I couldn't see them but I felt it
and
> tried the torx head screwdriver on it, that the screws retaining the
reverse
> switch are stripped and that the spot they are located in are impossibly
hard
> to get to. The mechanic at this point asks what he should do. My thought
is
> why are you asking me since I'm paying you for your expertise, but I
respond
> with, did you try penetrating oil first before you played around with it?
The
> answer is no. So, I tell him try penetrating oil and if it doesn't come
out
> then you'll have to button it up because we need the car for this weekend
> since we made plans and we had been promised that the car would be done on
> that Friday.
>
> Well, we come back from running errands and see that there is another
message
> from the shop saying that the car is ready for pickup. We go over to the
shop
> to pick up the car and find a bill in it for the work that was done. The
bill
> shows charges for the windshield washers, and hood latch spring and it
shows
> 2 hours of work to tear down and button up the reverse switch. Now I
believe
> I shouldn't have been charged for that time. If they had completed the wor
k
> then yes charge me for it, but in this case the work was not completed and
> since the car had been promised for that day we have made plans
accordingly.
> I think it's unfair for the shop to charge me for incomplete work that was
> caused by their mistake.
>
> Sorry about that long rant, but I had to dump somewhere and Clive did ask
for
> it..:-) My real question here is, is there a way to get at the screws that
> hold the reverse switch from the top? From what I could see the only way
to
> get at the reverse switch was to remove the transmission mount and reach
in
> from underneath, which doesn't give you much room to work in. Also are
there
> any tricks for extracting the screws aside from penetrating oil. There is
> very little room and you can't see the screws at all, you can only work
with
> them by feel.
>
> George Tur ... frustrated with Audi mechanics
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