Re: Audi V8, 1992, questions!

[David Weiss <dzweiss@worldnet.att.net>]

Dennis Jones <deej_jones@compuserve.com> wrote:

>1.  Can anyone guide me to a workshop manual or at least something with
>more technical info than the Owners Manual that was in the car?  Prefer >English, but can cope with German though would be better in Dutch (in >the unlikely event that they were ever translated into such a language)!

Goedenavond!  Ik heb drie maanden in Antwerpen werkt, zo ik sprek un
beetje Vlaams.  The only way to get a paper manual for the US V8 is to
find a dealer that doesn't want it any more-- no Bentley.  However, they
only address the '90 model year.  (My mechanic friend at the dealer says
there weren't _many_ changes, and he typically uses the paper version.) 
The paper manual was superseded by a microfiche; the latest version is
dated 4/1/92.  Wiring diagrams are in a separate fiche.  Blaufergnugen,
among others, sells the fiches.  If you go that route, you might be able
to scrounge a surplus reader for few dollars.  I got mine for $25,
complete w/ dry silver printing system (which may or may not work).

>2. ...Oil temperature never rose at all, and the oil was full of sludge
>(now gone after two changes of Syntec).  I had the dealer put a new
>thermostat in, and now the coolant temperature runs close to 100 C, but >rises about 8 C when the AC compressor cuts in.  Oil now reaches the >first marking on the gauge... so assume is good.

My V8 takes forever to reach the first mark-- maybe 25 min, more in
really cold weather.  I first know the oil is warming up from the
pressure gauge.  Have been wondering if there's a problem.  Re. the
sludge, Bilstein has a new engine cleaning device which pumps through
the oil filter flange without the engine running.  Not an endorsement,
haven't done more than talk w/ the service manager briefly.