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bunter6
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Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by bunter6 » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:40 pm

Hi Folks.

Back in an Audi after about 10 years & in my 1st S Model.

Just bought a 2003 S4 in black.

It was cheap but then that's because it has lots of little niggles some of which seem to be common to A4/S4's.

Headlights Always on - replacement switch ordered as the originally is worn and scabby looking anyway and it might be a cheap win.
Headlight Range Adjust faulty - waiting on glove-box coming before i take out the old one and again try for a cheap win by re-seating the controller cabling.
Glove-box hinge broken - replacement ordered
Leaking passenger side cam cover gasket - new pair ordered may as well do both at the same time.
lower front grille missing - trouble sourcing as everyone just wants to sell you a complete bumper :?

As I say it's all niggles & nothing major, mechanically the car is sound & apart from having gone a bit flat and having a little rust on the osr arch the bodywork is good too, so i'm more than happy to fix these foibles for the enjoyment the car is giving me :D

It's kind of the spiritual successor to my favorite previous Audi I owned which was a 90 Quattro 20 Valve Sport which I had from 1998 till 2001. It was Also black & also put a grin on my face :D

Looking forward to getting it all ship shape and having lots of fun in her. I've not got any decent photos of it at the moment but here are a few from the dealers ad & a quick snap i took on my phone when it got her home.

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Cheers

Mark

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by jimmy gee » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:07 am

hi mate and welcome iam from south lanarshire erea and not long got a rs4 avant and love it :biggrin3:

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by bunter6 » Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:17 pm

Cheers mate :)

Got my new light switch today but it didnt fix my always on problem but handily my Vagcom cable also came today and after some footering about i discovered the light sensor was disabled for some reason. So after setting this to on ta-da my lights are now going on and off as they should.

Vagcom cant talk to the headlamp range controller though and reseating the cabling for it as recommended made no difference, so I've ordered a unit fro ma breaker off eBay and we'll see if that works, if not then it's up on a ramp it goes to check out the axles sensors.

So all in all not a bad day, got the main lights issue sorted and got to tinker with Vagcom/VCDRS.

If you ever need a wee fault code reading on that awfy nice RS4, i'm just up the road from you in Coatbridge :thumbs:

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by jimmy gee » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:51 am

cheers mate for that I only stay ouside eastkilbride in a place called strathaven.there is a fela just around from me got s4 same modle as yours...you seem to know your stuff with these cars mate iam a old school mechanic and served my time when cars had points plugs coils and condencers iam a old gitt but still young at heart lol...

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by S4Player » Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:18 pm

I'm Hamilton based I'll be sure to look out for you. If you see a silver gtr that'll be me [THUMBS UP SIGN]
1*** hp TTE C6 rs6 saloon and the ultimate WB B5

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by bunter6 » Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:13 pm

jimmy gee wrote:cheers mate for that I only stay ouside eastkilbride in a place called strathaven.there is a fela just around from me got s4 same modle as yours...you seem to know your stuff with these cars mate iam a old school mechanic and served my time when cars had points plugs coils and condencers iam a old gitt but still young at heart lol...
Lol I'm relatively old school myself my 1st motor was a Sunbeam TI with twin Dellorto's that went out of balance about 2 miles after they were tuned :mrgreen: it was quick but the rust was quicker :shock:

Ahh points and condensers i had a fiesta runabout with those, it didnt like damp days much.

Good to know there's a few of us about the area too :thumbs:

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by bunter6 » Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:16 pm

S4Player wrote:I'm Hamilton based I'll be sure to look out for you. If you see a silver gtr that'll be me [THUMBS UP SIGN]

Oooffft I bet she goes some :bowdown: You must get sick of all the local Scoobs wanting to 'challenge' you. I had a WRX then an STI myself & went to a few meets, the tall tales some told about the power they were pushing was quite funny.

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Re: Newbie from Glasgow Area

Post by jimmy gee » Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:56 pm

I just sold a white bugeye sti I build , got it in bitts j ust used it for trackdays at knockhill it was quick enough on the track good for a day out but you allways had the guys in corsas and astras civics trying there best to get past you most times I just pulled over to make there day lol I will keep my eyes open for a silver gtr mate,,,

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