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Hi,
Yes I know this subject has probably been done to death, but in my experience, searches on forums with thousands of posts can be a bit of a nightmare.
Anyway; I'm thinking of moving from my S4 to an RS4 (Avant) and am wondering how important it is for the engine to have already had a clean. I'm looking at cars around the 40-45 thousand mile mark.
Any comments at all would be welcome.
Cheers, Ian.
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I see, thanks for that.
Anything else anyone ?
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This isn't about which is best but just to satisfy my curiosity.
When I bought mine, I bought the first one I saw and I've never had an Audi before, so my model knowledge is very sparse.
Taking out of the equation the engine, transmission etc; plus a bit of the brightwork, then is there much difference in trim & spec between an A4 and an S4 ?
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I think drilled discs have a "cool/I'm a racer" look about them (which I've done myself in the past 😱) but I don't really think there is any need for them day to day on the road.
I've never noticed any noise issue, but I agree that they tend to go thru' the pads quicker.
All IMHO of course.
Ian.
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Steve, as I'd never heard of this procedure I was looking for some guidance; and your comprehensive answer is the sort of of reply I was hoping for.
Many thanks.
Ian.
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Thanks Steve.
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Well, there's been 36 views which is an opportunity for 36 people to say - I've never heard of it. That would have at least been some sort of feedback 🙁
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Someone suggested this method to me the other day as a way of reducing/removing carbon deposits around the valve seats.
Remove the air filter.
Warm up your engine to normal temp.
Have someone rev the engine to about 1000rpm.
Put a short atomised squirt of WARM water direct into the intake.
This cleans out the sh*t - or so he assures me.
Now I've never heard of this, but this guy is a Chief Engineer on a cruise ship, so I reckon he knows a bit or two about engines.
Does anybody do this, or ever tried it ?
Ian.
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The auto-electrician gave it an absolute 100% fault free clean bill of health 🙂. He commented that it was very unusual for that to be the case on a ten year old car !
The local garage man recommends a fuel additive to give the injectors a clean (plus give it some high revs) as the next step.
So we'll do that and see what happens now ..............
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The battery tested out OK, so it's into the auto electrician's tomorrow.
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Thanks Gareth.
It doesn't get used every day, but I did think I did enough for charging purposes; however, I'm doing a good 200 mile run this week, so I'll hold off any testing till after that.
Ian.
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Thanks Steve.
It's that many years since I had a battery problem that the thought of it never crossed my mind.🙄
That'll be my first port of call.
Cheers,
Ian.
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I've noticed that slowly, over perhaps six months, the car stakes a little longer to start each time.
It's crept up from instant to about two seconds to fire up.
Two seconds doesn't sound like a lot but there's something wrong somewhere. When it fires up it then runs 100%. It's only done 35000 miles.
Any ideas ?
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Interesting.
Thanks for that.
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Thank you both, I'll see how I get on.
Ian.
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How does the plate come away from the holder ?
It seems secured with little 'lugs' all the way round and I don't want to just yank on it and bugger it up.
Cheers
Ian.
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Thanks for that - I never realised that was the case.
You learn something new every day 👍
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I had the same issue.
I took it into my local garage (who I trust) and they couldn't get to the bottom of it either.
So I just ignore it 😮😮
I hope it doesn't come back and bite me in the a**e.
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This is a possible entry for this week's dumbest question:
But here goes.
On my S4 I have 'Imola' 8.5J 18" wheels, shod with 245/40/18 tyres.
I'm not keen on the look of those wheels so whilst changing them I quite fancy going to a 19" rim.
Normally one would buy a different profile tyre to compensate for the extra inch (probably going to a 35); however I don't want to do that as it hardens up the ride.
So the question is are 19" wheels shod with 245/40/19's going to look OK and also fit in the arch OK ?
Thanks in advance.
Ian.
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Thanks Trevor.
Ordered 🙂
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Are there anymore stickers available ?
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10 hours ago, Jobie said:
Happened to my S5 when I first got it.
The tyres were 2nd hand and knackered.
Swapped them for new...problem went away
Interesting !
I never considered tyres as an issue.
It's worth a thought ! Thanks.
Carbon Clean
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Thanks Steve, that's most helpful