[V8] Audi

[Don Wasley]

Tom, Paul, Jason, Thanks for the info and the Welcome!
As to where I'm at in Colorado, I live in Georgetown off of I-70 halfway
between Golden/Lakewood and Loveland/Arapahoe Basin ski areas. Good place to
have a quattro car! 
The only reason it's been sitting is, from what I can gather, the car
apparently front-ended something or someone. So the car was probably totaled
to the original owner, insurance wrote a check and took the car. The car was
probably sold at auction to the next owner, who did some work on it like
replace the RH headlight and then he passed away. His brother apparently
chucked the title accidentally while going through his papers and didn't
realize it when he decided to keep the car. I guess he rebuilt the entire
brake system and then sold the car to his buddy who drove it a couple of
miles each day to work for almost a year, he lived close by to his work at
the time and I guess it quit running. He diag'd a fuel pump and had one
installed and since he didn't have a title he posted the car on CL to sell
as a parts car. Since he'd moved up towards Thornton (north Denver) he
couldn't drive the car with exp'd plates to where he moved so it sat for
about 4-5 months at his old apartment building until they told him to move
it and it got moved to a cul-de-sac street right next to the apartments and
sat again for another 2-3 months until I bought it. It needed a jump to
start but it started up immediately with no noises and a pegged oil pressure
gauge and I drove it up and down the street and then onto a trailer to get
it moved out of there. Now it's sitting at a friend's shop in the foothills
just west of Chatfield reservoir while I do the title search paperwork.
Thankfully he does body work. This info was given to me by the last owner as
best to his recollection since his friend and his brother were work
acquaintances and not friends in the true sense of the word and my
guestimation on stuff he didn't supply like the original owner scenario and
the shape of the car.
It does smoke a little from under the hood when running but I can't get the
hood up since the damage to the front bumper/RH side has unlatched the hood
at that side but the LH side is still latched. The release handle inside is
missing/broken so I suspect that the cable(s)are bound. Haven't been able to
spend a few hours with the car to find out what's leaking. I suspect v/c
gaskets and dist o-rings/plate gaskets, hopefully. Other than the front
bumper damage the paint is in great shape for the age of the car and the
interior needs some serious cleaning but it's all there, except the Delta
radio. It's 'Purlmutter', Mother of Pearl White with a Gray leather interior
and 203k on the clock....
BTW I have 20+ years in dealership auto parts experience including 4+ years
with VW/Audi... I just wish I had a job to go with the experience.... After
Gov't bailed out GM and Chrysler in 08-09, the parts jobs just evaporated
and I was laid off from Medved Chrysler (they shuttered the dealership).
Sorry so long-winded...

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: toml99 at todomundo.com [mailto:toml99 at todomundo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:16 PM
To: dswasley at hotmail.com
Subject: Audi

Hey, if you don't have the manual, you can download one here......

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37944

If that doesn't work for some reason....I can post/burn you a copy.   
If your hydraulic system doesn't leak somewhere, you are way ahead of the
rest of us....It takes Pentosin 11S.  The hoses can be rebuilt by a
reputable hydraulic shop for a fraction of what they go for new, and the
pump rebuild kit is around $7 and I've rebuilt 3 now.  Since our
Knowlegebase has been down for months now for unknown reasons.....

www.sjmautotechnik.com is an incredible wealth of knowlege.

The tranny came with a "lifetime filled" tranny, hence the lack of dipstick.
A few years later, after replacing a bunch of warranty tranny's, they
amended that to change fluid every 60K or in "extreme environments" such as
the Mtns of Colorado....30K.  My first car came from Denver and my ex's dad
had the tranny replaced under extended warranty, and they gave him that
piece of paper after replacing the tranny.  Since most never knew about the
service bulletin, all 6 cars I've had in my possession had never had the
filter replaced(and a few still had the 20yo original fluid in them).
Soooo, as long as the rest of the car seems fine enough to throw money at,
I'd do what I just did with my parts car.  I drained the pan(got about 1/2
quart of  
black goo)....put in 4 quarts and it shifted but still slipped.   
Pulled the cooler lines at the radiator and started the car and  
pumped all the fluid out of the system(10.2 quarts by the book).   
Dropped the pan(have to drop the exhaust) and replace the filter/pan gasket
then refill with 9.5 quarts and hope all's well.  From your description, I'm
guessing some thin new fresh fluid will solve the cold problem.  If the
tranny's bad, then the car is possibly worth more in parts then a running
vehicle so all is not lost, and there are a lot of people needing some of
the unobtainable parts....Be thankful that some of the parts that
aftermarket people have made over the years are actually getting cheaper.

Where are you at in Colorado?....I spent a lot of winters in Breckenridge,
and my ex is from Denver so it's my old stomping grounds......Good
luck...Sincerely, Tom