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Forum: Audi allroad
06-07-2010, 09:23 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 463
Posted By greenmeanie

Free pair of tyres.

I'm not sure this should go in the classifieds or not as I am not wanting any money.

I have two slightly used Goodyear Eagle F1 allroad tyres sitting on the shelf in my garage that I want gone....
Forum: Audi allroad
05-17-2009, 08:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,080
Posted By greenmeanie

A little bit of closure.

Well just to finish up on this and give those that follow a reference point I can now say that is was the ingition amps. I went through the practice of swapping coils and plaugs and the misfire...
Forum: Audi allroad
05-13-2009, 10:58 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,080
Posted By greenmeanie

The techron solution sounds plausible. This...

The techron solution sounds plausible. This started within about 1 minute or a few hundred yards of filling up with a new tank of juice. Of course, it was a Chevron station so there should have been...
Forum: Audi allroad
05-13-2009, 10:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,080
Posted By greenmeanie

Random misfire diagnosis.

A little help with some advise on proper diagnosis would be appreciated. My wife's allroad is suffering from the dreaded random misfire problem. Background is the car is a 2001 manual with 97K miles....
Forum: Audi allroad
01-09-2009, 09:43 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 330
Posted By greenmeanie

RR P38s have had this issue for many, many years

The P38 is the boxy one that looks a little bit less like a London Taxi than the current one but not as cool as the original.

The problem was realised prety quickly when they came out so coil...
Forum: Audi allroad
12-04-2008, 07:54 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 916
Posted By greenmeanie

Sorry to hear but it was the right thing to do.

I think my mal reads this forum. She avoids the stu by avoiding jumping into the back of the car at all costs. After an extended battle of wills the 85lb. hairy lump insists on being picked up to get...
Forum: Audi allroad
11-17-2008, 08:13 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 852
Posted By greenmeanie

I came, I experienced Audi and when my allroad is done I will leave for a different brand.

They just don't build an Audi for me anymore. I still love my wife's allroad and she will keep rolling for many miles yet.
Forum: Audi allroad
11-16-2008, 08:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 334
Posted By greenmeanie

Odd, I spent my day detailing my Rover too.

Added front suspension and axle tube today. Only about another year of effort to go. I don't think she'll ever be as shiny as yours though.
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Forum: Audi allroad
11-05-2008, 06:48 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,430
Posted By greenmeanie

Meh, My '67 109IIA has em and they still work...

Meh, My '67 109IIA has em and they still work after 40 years..
Forum: Audi allroad
10-23-2008, 09:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 366
Posted By greenmeanie

Check the charge system first before doing anything expensive.

Check the battery first as cell going bad could be causing this. After that do an alternator check and you should have your answer. It's pretty easy to do with a multimeter.
Forum: Audi allroad
09-26-2008, 02:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,992
Posted By greenmeanie

Self levelling suspension - the joy of the allroad.

The steering might get light but if she squats panic.
Forum: Audi allroad
09-26-2008, 09:10 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,992
Posted By greenmeanie

Tongue weight

The general rule quoted by hitch manufacturers is that tongue weight should be 10-15% of tow weight.

The Audi OEM hitch is class II, 3500lbs which means the suspension is built to take 350 lbs of...
Forum: Audi allroad
09-05-2008, 08:04 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 726
Posted By greenmeanie

Ah Honda Accord brakes.

In the aerospace firm I work for we had a Phd engineering analyst who ownded a fairly old Accord. One weekend he measured his brake pad and had something like 1/8" material left. Well being a Phd...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-29-2008, 02:26 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 884
Posted By greenmeanie

Don't know what the book sas but 40K for me.

Each big service interval seems about right to my mind.
Forum: Audi allroad
08-26-2008, 07:38 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 576
Posted By greenmeanie

^^^^ I can't understand why they won't bring the diesel LR3 here.

I could be interested in that. Otherwise they just look like thirsty V8 Tranny vans to me.

Cheers
Gregor
Forum: Audi allroad
08-20-2008, 10:08 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 499
Posted By greenmeanie

Pertty doggie.

I can't really help much other than to say to take it to an upholstery place and get their advice as they are the experts. Either way I can't imagine it will be cheap for a decent repair either.
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Forum: Audi allroad
08-04-2008, 09:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 616
Posted By greenmeanie

Unfortunately all fuel is pretty dirty.

It sits in storage tanks and gets pushed through pipes etc. About the best you can do is to avoid filling up if you see the tanker on the forecourt as he will have stirred up all the silt in the...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-04-2008, 12:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 367
Posted By greenmeanie

I saw a Q5 every morning last week when out walking the doggy.

I'm not sure if it is a dealership trying it out or an Audi driver doing the hot weather endurance testing. No badges on the back anyway. Is it released for sale here yet?

I remember seeing an A5...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-04-2008, 07:36 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 583
Posted By greenmeanie

Electric motors and pumps of this type are very rarely are 'damaged' ....

Failure mode is usually a short in a winding or an insulation failure resulting in a short to ground in which case it just stops working.

The things that will reduce performance are clogged...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-01-2008, 12:08 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 583
Posted By greenmeanie

No, you've got it.

Fuel flowing through pump is good.
Fuel not flowing through pump is bad.

In comparison very little heat is lost to fuel in the tank itself.

Running out of fuel is the worst thing for the...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-01-2008, 08:27 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 533
Posted By greenmeanie

Oh, try changing an air spring when the thermometer reads 135°F

I did that last summer and it was not fun. It sucks when your tools are too hot to pick up without gloves. One of the few times I have lost my temper at the allroad.

This summer I got heat...
Forum: Audi allroad
08-01-2008, 08:17 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 583
Posted By greenmeanie

In tank fuel pumps are cooled by the fuel running through them.

Far less so by the fuel surrounding them. As the fuel surrounding them is fairly static it does not do a good job of cooling.

As a general rule with fluids used for cooling purposes turbulent...
Forum: Audi allroad
07-15-2008, 09:25 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 477
Posted By greenmeanie

My two year old has been camping since he was 6 months.

We just spent 4 days up on the north rim of the Grand Canyon and he loved it. It's pretty cool as you can essentially go up the forest roads and camp right on the rim.

Start 'em early and they'll...
Forum: Audi allroad
07-15-2008, 09:02 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 800
Posted By greenmeanie

THe whelbase helps in some cases, hinders in others. 100" or so is considered about perfect.

The things that will kill it as a true offroader are the front and rear overhangs and the lack of articulation. About the only LR it will give serious competition to is a Freelander. In that case...
Forum: Audi allroad
07-01-2008, 07:36 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,401
Posted By greenmeanie

If it's a short distance then here's a trick.

I was stuck out in the boonies in a national forest so needed to get out. Jack the corner of the car up and then turn it on. The suspension will sag and hopefully close the hole in the airbag enough...
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