[V6-12v] New A80Q Initial Oddities...
James Whitehouse
james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Dec 16 19:00:43 EST 2006
Hi Kent,
Thanks for the response, pretty reassuring. I'm taking it into my trusty
mechanic's on Tuesday, we'll put it up on the lift and take a good look at
the rubber mounts/ wheel bearings/ CV joints, etc.
I'll let you know how I get on!
By the way, has anyone found any decent OEM rear shocks for the B4 Quattro?
I'm having a devil of a job sourcing any, although fronts don't seem to be
as big a problem, and Audi ones are over £200 each! I'm UK based... How does
one tell if the car has 'sports type suspension' or regular suspension?
Cheers,
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Kent McLean
> Sent: 16 December 2006 22:48
> Cc: 'Audi list'
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] New A80Q Initial Oddities...
>
> James Whitehouse wrote:
> > 1. When accelerating hard up through the gears, there's a bit of a thump
> as
> > the clutch comes up/ power goes down.
> > 2. Possibly connected, slight 'thunk' occasionally when engaging 1st/
> > reverse with clutch down when car is stationary.
> > 3. A little play/movement in the gearlever when off the throttle in 2nd,
> or
> > 5th gear, no play in all other gears.
> > 4. A very brief weird screeching noise, worryingly like the sound you
> may
> > recall from being a learner driver if you ever 'mis-clutched' and tried
> to
> > engage the gear without the clutch fully down.
> > 5. Odd grinding type noise seemingly from rear when cornering hard and
> long
> > to the right (round a roundabout fast, for example) - wheel bearing?
> > Transmission problem?
> > 6. Rear switchable diff lock only seems to come on intermittently, and
> then
> > after about 20 seconds (dodgy solenoid switch/ vacuum leak?).
>
> Well, my 2 cents would be that the Audi transmissions (at least the
> manual versions) are fairly robust. You've got a 14 year old car.
> I suspect the rubber suspension bits, and rubbery motor and
> transmission mounts, are causing most of what you hear and feel.
>
> The screeching might be an old belt; replace it just on general "new
> used car" principals and see if the noise returns.
>
> The grinding is more likely a wheel bearing than a transmission issue,
> although CV joints may be suspect, too.
>
> I don't know about the diff lock. The 200s are/were vacuum controlled;
> I suspect the 80/90s would be, too.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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