RE: fist post, how much oil does it an audi? (part II)

["Iain Atkinson (ETL)" <iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se>]

Hi Decsi,

How about an oil change? Only kidding.

Things to check would be:

1 Rear differential oil and gearbox oil levels

2. Condition of suspension bushes in the control arms and subframe bushes.

3 Timing belt, when was it last replaced?

4 Check the brake pads and discs, and also how old is the brake fluid?

5 Condition of rotor arm and distributor cap

Hope this helps

Have fun

Iain



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Decsi Miklos [mailto:MDecsi@pgsm.hu]
		Sent:	07 June 1999 01:21
		To:	quattro@audifans.com
		Subject:	fist post, how much oil does it an audi?
(part II)

		Hi all,

		 first of all I would like to thank all of you for answering
my question.
		Looks like there are great people on this list! ;-)

		 Soooo, the reason I asked you the questin about the oil
consumption is
		because I planned to buy an '84 audi 80 quattro. 
		 Yesterday I had an opportunity to test drive the car. This
was the first
		four wheel drive car I have ever driven. In fact this was
the first Audi I
		have ever driven. 

		 I had high expectations and the experience to drive this
car was
		wonderfull! It really is a fantastic car! I had the feeling
that nothing can
		push this car from the road. I could go with so high speed
in curves that I
		never imagined... So I immediatelly felt in love with the
car. :-)

		 About the oil consumption. I missunderstud the owner. His
car really
		doesn't eat so much oil. He just told me because it is in
the manual of the
		car. So this looks like a very good car. The compression is
between 10 and
		12 bars, and as far as I know these are very good numbers.

		 I put a deposit on this car (I hope it is the right word
for when you want
		to buy something, but you pay only part of it's price to the
owner to not to
		sell ware to anyone else) and in 1 or 2 weeks I will buy it,
so there will
		be one more audi owner on this list.

		 I do have two question: The owner said that he doesn't
really check the oil
		level so often. He takes the car to the service in every 3
month and they
		does everything it needs. He told me that I shouldn't be
worried about the
		oil level either, because if it is not good, then the oil
pressure light
		will singal it to me. I had several cars, but in all of them
I reaguraly
		(about weekly) checked the oil level. I know that Audis are
very good car,
		but does it really true that you don't have to check the oil
level, because
		if it is not enough that the oil pressure lamp will signal
it? 

		 The engine is a 2.2l one.

		 The second question is what do you recommend me, after I
bought the car
		what should I check on the car? ARe there any parts on this
car that often
		bad?

		 Thanks for your advice!

		DM