I’m finally back in the S4 game, will document issues / help needed / progress in this thread going forward.
I flew into Seattle and picked up the car 4/17 afternoon. Nogaro / 6MT / Avant in great shape w/ 48k on the clock. No audible cold / warm knock, everything seems to work as it should. I DID not do any type of PPI, bought sight unseen from interweb in NY saying fuck it:) Seemed I should be safe for timing with this mileage.
Issues -all minor for me.
-1 key
-no floor mats
-some generic tires on back with matching tread pattern of bridgestones on front
- Car is all stock except rnse and smoked tails. Owner 1 in california put 20k miles in 6 years = enthusiast. Owner 2 put 28k in 3 years. I’m thinking mr. california had modded the car and returned it to stock, but just a guess at this point based on tail lights. Owner 2 I can’t seem to find anything about on forums etc, assume it was not an enthusiast so maintenance is questionable for last 3 years / 28k miles.
The plan - take a week off work and drive back to NY across the country. Take my sweet time, see some scenery, become one with the car.
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Day 1 - Friday evening drove across Washington to Couer D’Alene Idaho. This was about 315 miles in 5 hours, no issues. * No Rattle*
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Day 2 - Saturday - Couer D’Alene Idaho across Montana to Dickinson North Dakota. About 12 hours at 824 miles.
Western Montana is beautiful, lots of open highway. * No Rattle in AM* -
Day 3 - Sunday - Dickinson North Dakota, across Minnesota to Tomah Wisconsin. About 10 hours at 693 miles. * in morning thought I heard a millisecond of rattle at startup* Rain the last half of the day, all wipers are shot. Learn rear wiper washer not working…
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Day 4 - Monday - Tomah Wisconsin, across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania to NY just past Buffalo. About 13 hours at 882 miles. * No Rattle in AM*
- Added 1 quart of oil at 2650 miles, low oil light came on. I think that is pretty reasonable considering all those highway miles at 3k+ rpm.
- Day 5 - Tuesday - about 3 hours and 300 miles to home. No Rattle in AM Sleep, beer…
All in all very relaxing drive. Was a little paranoid that I heard a possible rattle on day 3 morning. Has not happened since, not sure if it was real or something else.
On tap now:
- Fixed the rear wiper washer, nozzle jet clogged with crud. Ordered rear wiper Aero conversion kit and new wipers for front.
- Oil change this week with Lubro/Liqui moly, planning to change every 3k going forward.
- Change plugs / coil packs / air filter
- Acquired some floor mats
- Local Audi dealer which I’ve never been to has a free inspection program, going to let them look at it and get state safety inspection (Latham Audi outside Albany, if you have feedback let me know).
- Need to change the rest of the fluids on the car.
I’ve found a guy 2 hours from here that does timing jobs for a very fair price. Will see how it goes over the next few months if I start hearing rattle or not or I was paranoid that 1 morning. It seems pretty rare for a 50k mile car to have failure but not ruling it out. Will see what I observe.
No major plans today to go apeshit on modding immediately, have spent this years project cash on my other non audi project car.
Here she is!