Servicing butterflies
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Getting the 964 serviced tomorrow - the full 12k job from Strasse in Leeds. Nervous as anything as to what they'll find, despite the fact that the car appears to be as strong as an ox and driving very nicely. Hidden oil leaks, worn brakes, more hidden oil leaks - ahrgh! I can't bear the suspense. As I already know that one or both of the heater motors need replacing, I fear this could be a dear one!
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
It's all worth it in the end, I reckon. Borrowed an A3 TDI 2.0 off a colleague for a couple of weeks at the start of the month because she was on holiday and mine was being subjected to too many station runs. It was ace to have a car with heated seats, (working) aircon and ergonomics designed by a scientist rather than an angry gorilla.
But... modern cars like that are rubbish to drive. It was car-as-domestic-applicance, rather than something to be driven for fun. I'd rather drive mine anywhere, even if I do have to wipe the condensation off the windscreen every 2 mins now the heaters have packed up!
But... modern cars like that are rubbish to drive. It was car-as-domestic-applicance, rather than something to be driven for fun. I'd rather drive mine anywhere, even if I do have to wipe the condensation off the windscreen every 2 mins now the heaters have packed up!
The results are in. I need:
new front discs and pads (figures as I had noticed a wobble under harder braking)
new rear pads and dustguards
an oil pipe replacing to fix a leak (not sure which one!)
heater blowers not working because, apparently, the door mirrors (on the sam circuit) are wired wrong (!?)
B@lls. My prediction of a four figure spend has proved remarkably prescient.
Trying to console myself with the knowledge that I am a good and responsible owner. I'm sure that new oil and plugs liberates another 20 or 30 bhp (doesn't it...?)
new front discs and pads (figures as I had noticed a wobble under harder braking)
new rear pads and dustguards
an oil pipe replacing to fix a leak (not sure which one!)
heater blowers not working because, apparently, the door mirrors (on the sam circuit) are wired wrong (!?)
B@lls. My prediction of a four figure spend has proved remarkably prescient.
Trying to console myself with the knowledge that I am a good and responsible owner. I'm sure that new oil and plugs liberates another 20 or 30 bhp (doesn't it...?)
Picked it up this morning. Lovely shiny new brake discs and general feeling of well-being.
Bizarrely, the heater fuse kept blowing because the door mirrors had been re-wired wrong following recent bodywork fixes. Nothing to do with the heater itself, which meant the the squeaking persisted
However (coming to the point), I discovered something interesting today. Most of the experts or those who have bothered to invest in a service manual will probably know this but, I am told there is a small fan in the heater control on the dash that pulls air into the controls, presumably to gauge the air temp in the car. THIS is suspected to have been the cause of the incessant squeak. A squirt of WD40 into the dash appears to have fixed it. Whady'a know... glad I didn't start dismantling anything!
Bizarrely, the heater fuse kept blowing because the door mirrors had been re-wired wrong following recent bodywork fixes. Nothing to do with the heater itself, which meant the the squeaking persisted
However (coming to the point), I discovered something interesting today. Most of the experts or those who have bothered to invest in a service manual will probably know this but, I am told there is a small fan in the heater control on the dash that pulls air into the controls, presumably to gauge the air temp in the car. THIS is suspected to have been the cause of the incessant squeak. A squirt of WD40 into the dash appears to have fixed it. Whady'a know... glad I didn't start dismantling anything!
Kevin - cheers.
Going to investigate taking the unit out now as the damn noise has returned with a vengance. The control unit looks as though it should pretty much slide out like the stereo head unit it sits next to, though I can't see any screws on the front.
Now where did I leave my crowbar...
Going to investigate taking the unit out now as the damn noise has returned with a vengance. The control unit looks as though it should pretty much slide out like the stereo head unit it sits next to, though I can't see any screws on the front.
Now where did I leave my crowbar...
Have just been out for a couple of hours to investigate but have been driven in by hunger and crap weather.
Am still thinking that it is the little fan at the back of the control unit that's causing the problem. Only thing that's causing me to doubt this is the fact that it keeps spinning for a while after you kill the ignition, but the noise stops if the ignition is off.
I sussed how to loosen the entire unit from the dash though your method sounds simpler (I ended up taking the stereo out and depressing each of the four retaining tags in turn - painful).
What I can't figure out is how to slide the unit out of the dash past the indicator stalk - the stalk seems to prevent the thing from leaving the dash. Am I overcomplicating this? I can see that the fan should be detachable on its own but don't have a spanner small enough to loosen the two retaining nuts and would rather have the whole thing out and on the kitchen table!
Am still thinking that it is the little fan at the back of the control unit that's causing the problem. Only thing that's causing me to doubt this is the fact that it keeps spinning for a while after you kill the ignition, but the noise stops if the ignition is off.
I sussed how to loosen the entire unit from the dash though your method sounds simpler (I ended up taking the stereo out and depressing each of the four retaining tags in turn - painful).
What I can't figure out is how to slide the unit out of the dash past the indicator stalk - the stalk seems to prevent the thing from leaving the dash. Am I overcomplicating this? I can see that the fan should be detachable on its own but don't have a spanner small enough to loosen the two retaining nuts and would rather have the whole thing out and on the kitchen table!
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