Basic A4 maintenance
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Basic A4 maintenance
Hi, I went through the welcome forum, but I guess I need something even more basic than that.
As I wrote I bought my A4-1.8Ti with 84.000 miles on it, it's the 2000 model, Tiptronic
(that is great)
Anyway here's my list of Q.
A) What should I change (water pump? Transmission Fluid? what else?)
B) A good book-manual about (Audi) car maintenance
C) Basic toolset to be able to keep your car running
D) are those engine cleaners fluid any good?
E) Cheapest way to reprogram a key I intend to buy on Ebay? ( the dealer asked $160 to reprogram it)
Thanks!
Thanks!
As I wrote I bought my A4-1.8Ti with 84.000 miles on it, it's the 2000 model, Tiptronic
(that is great)
Anyway here's my list of Q.
A) What should I change (water pump? Transmission Fluid? what else?)
B) A good book-manual about (Audi) car maintenance
C) Basic toolset to be able to keep your car running
D) are those engine cleaners fluid any good?
E) Cheapest way to reprogram a key I intend to buy on Ebay? ( the dealer asked $160 to reprogram it)
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Joined: May 2003
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From: United States
RE: Basic A4 maintenance
A) if they haven't been done: Timing belt, water pump, fuel pump, fuel filter, tranny fluid.
B) Bentley's manual on CD
C) I guess that's a question. Yes, get a good set at a reputable store; it should have metric and SAE sockets and wrenches, torx bits,and allen wrenches.
D) If you are referring to the stuff you add to the gas tank: NO! They are too corrosive. If you are referring to cleaning the engine bay: get Simple Green.
E) You will need another key that already works. Then you will use both to re-program the new key. There are a few tech articles on AudiWorld that you can read.
Here are two tech articles from AudiWorld
Article 2000
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B) Bentley's manual on CD
C) I guess that's a question. Yes, get a good set at a reputable store; it should have metric and SAE sockets and wrenches, torx bits,and allen wrenches.
D) If you are referring to the stuff you add to the gas tank: NO! They are too corrosive. If you are referring to cleaning the engine bay: get Simple Green.
E) You will need another key that already works. Then you will use both to re-program the new key. There are a few tech articles on AudiWorld that you can read.
Here are two tech articles from AudiWorld
Article 2000
Resynching
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From: Bay Area, CAlifornia
RE: Basic A4 maintenance
Great Info! Thanks Imola. I'll do a google on the Bentley manual
ORIGINAL: imolas4
A) if they haven't been done: Timing belt, water pump, fuel pump, fuel filter, tranny fluid.
B) Bentley's manual on CD
C) I guess that's a question. Yes, get a good set at a reputable store; it should have metric and SAE sockets and wrenches, torx bits,and allen wrenches.
D) If you are referring to the stuff you add to the gas tank: NO! They are too corrosive. If you are referring to cleaning the engine bay: get Simple Green.
E) You will need another key that already works. Then you will use both to re-program the new key. There are a few tech articles on AudiWorld that you can read.
Here are two tech articles from AudiWorld
Article 2000
Resynching
A) if they haven't been done: Timing belt, water pump, fuel pump, fuel filter, tranny fluid.
B) Bentley's manual on CD
C) I guess that's a question. Yes, get a good set at a reputable store; it should have metric and SAE sockets and wrenches, torx bits,and allen wrenches.
D) If you are referring to the stuff you add to the gas tank: NO! They are too corrosive. If you are referring to cleaning the engine bay: get Simple Green.
E) You will need another key that already works. Then you will use both to re-program the new key. There are a few tech articles on AudiWorld that you can read.
Here are two tech articles from AudiWorld
Article 2000
Resynching
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From: Indianapolis, IN
RE: Basic A4 maintenance
If you are talkig about injector cleaner, Techron is generally accepted as a decent one. But if you use premium gas constantly, you should rarely (if ever) have to use it. They are, like Imola says, corrosive and can have a negative effect on your internals if used often or not in the correct mix with fuel.
You can use an engine cleaner to clean the engine if you like - Gunk makes one. I've used them and they are not harmful. Lots of people use Simple Green though. It works pretty well.
You can use an engine cleaner to clean the engine if you like - Gunk makes one. I've used them and they are not harmful. Lots of people use Simple Green though. It works pretty well.
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