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  1. nickb834

    Hi Shaun, I'm in West Yorkshire - near Wakefield, The seats are near mint Recaros with the...

    Hi Shaun, I'm in West Yorkshire - near Wakefield, The seats are near mint Recaros with the fronts being electric adjust and heated. I'd be including: front seats, rear seats all head rests door cards centre console carbon trim for doors / dash / gear surround / ash trays roof lining sun visors...
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    Help car just died!

    Isn't it the case that the Immobiliser is actually in the back of the speedo cluster? You're right tho - the ecu will need coding to the car, and the immobiliser is a bit*h to do as IIRC the VAS diagnostics the dealer uses makes a call back to VAG group in Germant to get the 7 digit code to...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    I'd had the car 3 1/2 years and done about 30k miles in it, it's very well documented the chain tensioners going on B6/7 S4's. The noise at startup doesn't cause the wear, the wear causes the noise at startup. The chain guides go, then the tensioners and then boom snappage! The time this takes...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    Yeah it's an easy call with an RS4 - leggy ones are still fetching 14k, mint lower miles are circa 20k - it's a no brainer to do 3k worth of maintenance on a 20k car - but, it's equally a no brainer not to bother on a 5k car.
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    I've though of fitting one a few times - should, woulda, coulda! I'd be intrigued to know if the RS4 (B7) suffers the same with it's chains - I've not looked tbh as I'm a few months off having the necessary wedge to find my own.
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    Chain rattled for just less than a second on startup - did it every morning but once it had started for the day it didn't do it again. The engine was running Fuchs Titan Race Pro S 5w40, and the oil was changed circa every 8k miles which is about 12 months for me. There was absolutely nothing...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    Have you seen the cost?! It's an engine out job, whilst the engine is out you may as well do the clutch and dmf. Be lucky to see change from 4 grand - on a car that's not worth much above £5k! The timing chains on an S4 are at the back of the engine and absolutely cannot be got at with the...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    So - it's finally happened, after 111k miles and 3 and a half years - the timing chains have snapped on my S4........ No idea of the internal damage so dunno if valves have smashed holes in pistons or whether pistons have bent valves or even all of the above, but, having prepared for this...
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    Hi all

    Get an exhaust on it sharpish - sounds so much better :-)
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    S4

  11. nickb834

    B6 S4 Delphi Alternator Removal

    Yeah tell me about it. The good news is I've found 3 S4's being broken so I'm gonna pick em all for parts and get mine sorted fully. Hopefully I've found a pair of wings in the same colour as mine that aren't going rotten :-)
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    B6 S4 Delphi Alternator Removal

    Here we go - one times toasted alternator - abject lesson in always always double check hose connections :-) To answer my own question - the way to get these off is: Undo the two 13 mm bolts holding the alternator to the block you absolutely have to drain the coolant (as opposoed to...
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    B6 S4 Delphi Alternator Removal

    Time for a new thread with a more appropriate title, from my old thread where I changed the alternator belt, tensioner and idler: http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/a4-a4-cabriolet-s4-forum-b6-chassis/183360-b6-s4-alternator-belt-shredded-valve-cover-gaskets-gone.html I now need to replace the...
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    B6 S4 - Alternator belt shredded, valve cover gaskets gone?

    Soo - bit of an update on this one - the top hose on the rad - the one that I took off to get the lock carrier forward a few more inches....well guess who didn't put it back on properly.....can anyone guess what happened next? Lots of hot coolant escapes under pressure - and what's sitting...
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    RobMorris Audi A4 2.5 V6 tdi avant

    Fat 5's or B7 RS4 ?
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    Show me your tail pipes!

    I got a pair of cat backs in stainless from LongLife exhausts in Leeds (aka Tony Banks) 550 quid - went for RS6 sized oval outlets - don't fret - my S4 is still badged as an S4 - I just went with something still within the Audi style without going all ricer with a catering bean can sized tip...
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    S4 2003 - Rear Light Bulb Housing

    I take it there's no mileage in cleaning the corroded contacts? needle files or some such?
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    Auxilliary radiator delete?

    You sure about the oil, because there's a separate oil cooler on an S4? (there was on my B5 but I can't recall for sure on a B6?). I saw the JHM kit - but it's not really worth the expense, the import duty etc - particularly as I have no interest in fitting a cold air intake. That said it's a...
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    Auxilliary radiator delete?

    So - my B6 S4 has a leaking o/s auxilliary radiator and the n/s doesn't look like it's too far behind. I'm loathe to spend 150 quid on a radiator and then have to replace it again in a couple of years. I had the bumper off this weekend to sort out a snapped alternator belt (swapped tensioner...
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    what fuel economy are you receiving from your car

    I get 240 - 275 to a tank, and if I'm really lucky I might average oooh 22mpg - really not that bad for a 4.2 awd, pretty sure my first car (XR3 on carbs) couldn't do much better!