RE: Ur Leaks, bulbs, and felt

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

Another possibility from my experience on LHD cars is a leaking clutch M/C
... or one that leaked some time in the past.  It took quite a bit of work
to "clean" the carpet on my car when the M/C went ... good thing the carpet
is black!

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

> The mush under the carpets may be caused by leaking fluid from your
> steering
> rack.  It comes in through the rubber boot in the footwell.  If this is
> the
> case you better solve the source of the problem before changing anything
> inside.
> 
> >
> >when I lifted the carpet there was a mushy substance, a bit like slime
> from
> >the bottom of the ocean. I asume this was once sound felt with a bituman
> pad
> >on top. Does any one know if this is an Audi part? All the local auto
> stores
> >looked at me as if I were mad when I asked for this. Any UK ideas?
> >
> >also, to lift the carpets the central console had to come out, so time to
> >replace all those bulbs - how do the ones in the black holders in the
> diff
> >lock panel come out?
>