Well, I did it.... I dumped my '01 Dodge Dakota pickup, which needed a new rear diff and other assorted work, for an '06 A4 Quattro Avant 2.0T (dark blue/tan). It's an amazing car. 30k on the clock, in beautiful shape.

So, obviously, I'm brand, spankin new to this forum, and I have a couple of questions about my car.

The car was purchased from a place that specializes in newer model year used BMWs, but sometimes has a couple of Audis or Porsches on the lot. So they don't know a whole lot about the Audis.

1 - The dealership had to replace one of the rear tires for unknown reasons, so the right rear has a brand new tire (they did the right thing and got a matching tire). There's also a brand new tire on a matching wheel as the spare. Three of the other tires are about 2/3 worn. I'm thinking I should take the two new tires and put them on the front or rear, but I'm curious as to whether the fronts or rears normally wear faster on this car. I can't seem to get a feel for which would wear faster with the Quattro AWD. If it's a draw, I'll probably go for the front.

2 - I'm usually the type to change my own oil. How easy/difficult is this on this car? Which really boils down to, is the filter easily accessable?

3 - Is there any way to adjust the computer readout in the center of the dash? The owner's manual only talks to the cars with the buttons on the windshield wiper controller stick. My car doesn't have those. I'd like to change the display so that it shows MPG instead of miles left with the fuel remaining.

4 - When jacking the car up, I normally would put Jack stands under my car when I change the oil. What is the best place to put the jack stand when the jack is in the normal position for jacking it up?

Thanks!!!

 

I can't answer most of your questions, but I've had the car up on jack stands all the way around, and I placed them under the pinch weld in the front and under the pinch weld or the trapezoidal in the rear.

Welcome!

 

Thanks.

I just noticed something else. The previous owner obviously left the sunroof open in the rain and there is a bit of stain on the head liner. It looks like they left it tilted, so all the water came in the front, because that's the only place that's stained. If anyone knows a way to get that out.....

 

Does not sound like you got A CPO (Certified Pre-Owned) car. The are warrantee'd to 100K. Good luck if anything breaks as they are expensive German engineering. I love the Wagons and wish there was a CPO one around when I bought the sedan. COuld always use the room.

 

1. with quattro ALL tires MUST have pretty much the same wear otherwise the system does not function correctly

2. oil filter is accessible from the bottom or from the top (its kind of on the right side). if you get oil extractor, you dont even need to lift the car in order to change oil. for mess free results you do need oil filter drain tool from audi. its pretty easy to change oil on these cars, but not as easy as on my BMW M3.

 

Thanks. I think I'll put both new tires on the front.

I'm hearing that changing the oil is not the easiest thing to deal with due to the replaceable filter in the canister. I do have a suction pump that I have used in the past to drain a differential. Does it work better to siphon the oil from above than to drain it from below? Seems odd. Possibly less messy, but harder to get all the old oil out.

 

well. i am pretty sure you will get all old oil out with extractor (u slide the tube where the oil stick goes). i've used extractors on my past 2 cars with success. as far as filter canister, get that oil drain tool from audi for $50 bucks. it drains oil from canister mess free, so after thats done all you need to do is unscrew it, put new filter in, put new seal in (comes with filter), and dont forget to lubricate that new seal in new oil.

 

http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4-...n_Tool/ES8616/