[V6-12v] Just bought a 96 A6A

[Clive Young]

I did my timing belt last year and replaced everything Tom did.. I converted 
over to G12 pink coolsant at the same time.

I would also suggest the brake fluid. you can do a great job if you want to 
be thorough.
1. pop the cap on thhe reservoir and pry out the float in their .
2. use a syringe to suck out crud and old fluid ( you don't want to push 
crud through system )
3. Remove reservoir and wash with warm soap water and some hemostats and 
rags to get in all the cranies.
4. Thoroughly dry.
5. Replace and top up with new fluid.
6. Bleed brakes starting with farthest wheel from the reservoir and working 
to the cloest.
7 Bleed each brake uttil you see the new clear fluid coming through ( being 
caefull to kep the reservoir topped up  ( as always a helper is great with 
brakes )
8. Bleed the clutch if ir is a manual.
 I did mine after putting new brakes and rotors on . remember if you 'top 
up" brake fluid ( i hate guys that do that ..grrr ) it means your brakes are 
worn and the next time you replace the brakes you  ( or the next poor sap 
... like me ) are going to overflow your reservoir with NASTY brake fluid !!

Over all a pretty easy relaxing Job for a Saturday with a beer or two ! and 
it is amzing the difference a nice clean brake reservoir looks under the 
hood !
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Christiansen" <tomchr at ee.washington.edu>
To: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <v6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Just bought a 96 A6A


> Ron,
>
>> > Timing belts are designed to last well over 100k,
>> > but
>> > to be safe changing them between 60k and 75k is
>> > prudent.  The issue is more the waterpump bearing
>> > freezing then the belt it self.
>>
>>   Are there any seals or anything like that,
>>  that should be changed as well?
>
> Get a timing belt kit. It'll tell you what to replace. On my car (1994 
> 90S), the following items are normally replaced during the T-belt job:
>
> * Accessory belt
> * Timing belt (duh!)
> * Timing belt tensioner
> * Timing belt idler roller
> * Water pump
> * Thermostat
> * Coolant
>
> Audi switched from the blue long-life stuff to the red/pink long-life 
> stuff. There's been several long discussions about if you should use the 
> Audi brand coolant or if you could go with a different brand of long-life 
> coolant. The Audi stuff is roughly twice the price of the non-Audi stuff. 
> But then you don't need all that much of it anyway. It's up to you what 
> you want to do.
>
> If your car has blue or green coolant in it, you need to thoroughly flush 
> the coolant system before putting any red/pink coolant in there!! The 
> procedure is as follows:
> * Drain coolant from cock on radiator and pull the drain plug at the rear 
> of the engine.
> * Apply compressed air to the expansion tank to blow out any remaining 
> coolant.
> * Fill cooling system with distilled water. Bleed system.
> * Run engine for a minimum of two minutes.
> * Drain and apply compressed air as before.
> * Replace rubber seal on the drain plug on the engine. Reinstall plug.
> * Fill with the appropriate mix of red/pink Audi coolant (G012 A8D A1).
>
> I don't have access to compressed air, so I just ran water through the 
> engine until the output no longer looked green. Then I flushed with 
> distilled water and filled with coolant.
>
> Tom
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