I think it's a B5?!
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1st Gear
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I think it's a B5?!
Hi!
New to the forum, new to Audi, new to trying to work on cars by myself, so please bear with me if I ask some obvious (and possibly stupid) questions!
I've just bought myself an A4. It's a P reg, registered in 1996, engine size listed as 1781. A brief google and wikipedia search lead me to believe its a B5? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
A bit about the car, cost me £500 (listed at £600). 140K on the clock. Was in a **** state on the inside, lots of dirt, crumbs and stains, also stunk of stale smoke. Took me a good day to get it looking presentable. Faults that I know of: ball bearings starting to go on front nearside, will get a friend of the family to look at that so shouldn't be too many drama's. The brake makes a weird "springy" noise under light braking sub 5mph and has feels like the ABS has kicked in through the pedal. At a bit of a loss to that so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Aside from that I haven't found anything else wrong. Most of what I have planned for the immediate future (aside from the bearings) is tidying up the inside. First on my list is replacing the gear **** which has half of the leather hanging off.
Si
New to the forum, new to Audi, new to trying to work on cars by myself, so please bear with me if I ask some obvious (and possibly stupid) questions!
I've just bought myself an A4. It's a P reg, registered in 1996, engine size listed as 1781. A brief google and wikipedia search lead me to believe its a B5? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
A bit about the car, cost me £500 (listed at £600). 140K on the clock. Was in a **** state on the inside, lots of dirt, crumbs and stains, also stunk of stale smoke. Took me a good day to get it looking presentable. Faults that I know of: ball bearings starting to go on front nearside, will get a friend of the family to look at that so shouldn't be too many drama's. The brake makes a weird "springy" noise under light braking sub 5mph and has feels like the ABS has kicked in through the pedal. At a bit of a loss to that so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Aside from that I haven't found anything else wrong. Most of what I have planned for the immediate future (aside from the bearings) is tidying up the inside. First on my list is replacing the gear **** which has half of the leather hanging off.
Si
2nd Gear
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,161
From: Minnesota
If you feel the ABS kicking in you have an issue with the abs sensor or sensor ring, it seems it is more often the ring if you do not have an ABS light on. Search ABS on the forum and you can learn all about it.
2nd Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 712
From: Toronto, Canada
If you don't have an ABS code you might be able to get away with just cleaning the sensors and axle rings. Take some brake cleaner and blast away at the area between the axle and upright concentrating on the area around the ABS sensor, then compressed air, and repeat couple times. I've done this with success a bunch of times already, worst case is it'll break again later.