Re: Inherited Audi & Problems

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Welcome to the family.

At 09:28 PM 2/20/1999 ,  LRGreger@aol.com was inspired to say:
> It's burning about 1 qt of oil every 600 miles.  Is this something
> to worry about?  When should I get something done and what?
Do a compression test and see how loose the pistons and rings are.

> consistently.  The idle oscillates between 1k and 1.5k with a few second
> period about one-third of the time.  The idle is too low and the engine dies
> when it is cold (not too much of a problem in So. CA).
Vaccuum leak.  This engine is very suceptible to these.  Pull of the Idle
Stablizer Valve (ISV) and clean it with some Carb Cleaner.  Make sure all
the vacuum hoses are intact and not spongy or torn.

>  The engine pings severely upon acceleration (very infrequent).
Bad gas?

> heater core started leaking and I disconnected and plugged the heater hoses
> (again not a fatal flaw in So. CA).  How difficult is it to get to the heater
> core to replace it.
I think you have to take the dashboard out.  Almost all Audi's are ugly
wiht this repair.


> The belts, including
> timing, were last changed about 100,000 miles ago.  Do they need
replacing and
> can I do the replacement myself?  I'm sorry for all the questions, but I
> really love this car and have no experience with one.  Also, I'm afraid
of the
> $ of going to a dealer.
Change your timing belt now.  You can do the replacement yourself if you're
a competatn mechanic but if not, buy the parts and have a dealer or
reccomended Audi-knowledgeable mechanic do the work.  You want to change
the timing belt at 60K miles (Audi reccs. 90K).

Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, lubed U-Joint, still 0.0 bar....
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally