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  1. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    exactually aragon on rollers, handbrake on, turn front wheels and car will not try to lift off the rollers, as there is no torque across it! so this means that it is not 4 wheel drive at that particular moment, why do you think i put in my first post about confusing people that dont quite...
  2. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    oh mate after 15 years workin on audis i know exactually what im talking about, its about time that this age old mith is put to rest all that is left for me to say is :rtfm:
  3. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    byzan, if you have requested them not to put it on the rollers then they wouldnt do it anyway, you are correctt hey would use a decelerometer. but do you think he has never done a quattro before, he must jnow that it can be rollered. if by proper quattro you mean generation 1 it good to...
  4. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    the system we were working on was a new A8 and not in a mueseum, the national learing center is where all audi technicians go to college to learn everything about audis, and i was on the running gear specialist course! which is why they were going into great depth to try and explain how the...
  5. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    if you were idling how would you know the rear wheels were driving:think: at the vw national learing center there is a good demonstration tool they have that would demonstrate exactually how the quattro system works. it a a8 v8 genuine engine and gearbox which has been cut about and they have...
  6. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    haldex is electrically activated, quattro is mechanically activated! thats what i have put above. rolling road goes faster than the mot rollers.!
  7. foolish3uk

    How big of a problem is this?

    that the throttle cut off valve to give a diesel a crispier cut off, what you are seeing is the oil coming out of the boosted side of the intake system, audi oil is very thin so over time it can get out of the seals around this valve, or you may be looking at a turbo letting excessive oil into...
  8. foolish3uk

    Ipod connection problem

    you have already proved it is nothing to do with your car as the nano works fine, techs will tell you to get you ipod looked at, i know thats what i would be saying!
  9. foolish3uk

    Ipod connection problem

    check the pins at the bottom of the ipod, sometimes you can bend them or get a bit of fluff in there that stops it working correctly
  10. foolish3uk

    How do you drive a quattro in snow & ice?

    heres one to confuse the people who think they have just understood how the torsen diff works correctly lol. technically no haldex or quattro system is permanent 4 wheel drive, haldex is activated by control unit and quattro does not activate the rear diff untill approx 12mph, hence how audi can...
  11. foolish3uk

    Multitronic Problems - Big Problems!

    to put vanbling right it is not only the b6 a4 and earlier that have the problem, it is all multitronic gearboxes, its just the majority of cars out there are a4s which is why it looks more common in them! chrisavant you are correct, it is most probably a torque issue affecting some of the...
  12. foolish3uk

    iPhone to MMI integration via bluetooth

    all software updates are availiable to customers if they want to pay for them, new software is not availiable under warranty unless there is a fault though. this main dealer probably has not got their internet software link set up or your talking to the wrong person, we all go to the same...
  13. foolish3uk

    iPhone to MMI integration via bluetooth

    hi there, you should not really have tried it unless you have seen someone else do it first, this could proove to be quite exspensive to put right! firstly dont use cdR's to write the programme, use a write once only disc of a high standard, if this does not work you do need to take it to a...
  14. foolish3uk

    Park Sensor problem

    the next thing you should do is plug in a vag com and see what faults are there, you may have one that is clicking but not hearing the echo. you will be able to see in measured value block 1 which sensor is not working correctly, alternatively try and catch a technician at a dealer and offer...
  15. foolish3uk

    Multitronic Problems - Big Problems!

    just a break down for you, if your car judders on gentle acceleration then the most likely culprit is a 6-7 clutch plate conversion or a new input shaft, and an update, i dont advise getting this done anywhere else other than a main deler as specialist gearbox repairers are not able to recode...
  16. foolish3uk

    Mk1 TT AWD ???

    no not the dumbest question, No audi is permanently 4 wheel drive even the a4,a6,a8 quattro, they are all two wheel drive untill differential passes power onto the rear of the car at a speed of approx 10kmph hence why the mot is never a problem on the rolling road. the origional TT only came...
  17. foolish3uk

    Not Starting, just replaced timing belt

    if your asking how to time it up maybe you should not have done it lol! there are 2 timing points, one on the crank pully and cover and the other on the cam and back cover. it is importnat not to get one timed up and not the other, if you have and then you have taken the belt off then you are...
  18. foolish3uk

    Missing Coolant!!!

    they suffer from a few things, head gasket leakage is the least common but we have done a few of them now, most common is the coolant bleed screw which sits in the top coolant pipe just under the engine cover, if it is this that is leaking you cant miss it. next is the coolant cylinder block...