Jack4688's S2 Avant

[Jack4688]

Oh and I forgot how much bloody torque these engines have! I can bring my foot up from the clutch and away it goes, smooth as you like. Even without it boosting fully it feels nice and brisk compared to the A4. It's strange, it feels like it's not turbocharged but doesn't feel like the turbo has fallen off and 80 horsepower has gone missing - all it's missing is turbo lag and a bit of top end power. BTW I like turbo lag

Everything fits into everything

[hunker7]

Turbo lag just gives a slight hope to your opponent

[Jack4688]

Had my Audi Sport steering wheel for a while now and fitted it, but with two problems: the lowest of the three rivets holding the horn spring had come off and the horn wasn't working. My insurance renewal came up and, with an unresolved claim against my name, it was a silly price for the A4 as it's a low value car and I've owned it for only a short while (insurance companies will make anything up to get more money from you!), so the S2 went back on the road as it's about half the price to insure.

Once it was back from it's MOT I decided to properly fit it and then yesterday afternoon it struck me why the horn wasn't working with that wheel - no pin to contact the ring around the steering column. I swapped the back plates around on the two steering wheels I have and hey presto, the horn was on the entire time the ignition was on Because of that sheared rivet the ring pivoted due to the spring force and made the top contact permanently in contact. Being resourceful as I am (*cough* cheapskate *cough*) I trimmed down an old HMV rewards card to slide in the top and do two jobs - blank off that top contact and allow the ring to sit flat and stop the horn button from poking out towards the bottom.



Not sure how I feel about it, it's very noticeable how much smaller the wheel is. If I swap back again to make a comparison I'll probably be used to the smaller wheel and the original one will feel more like that of a bus! Anyway, now to find out why my speedo/rev counter doesn't light up with the side/headlights anymore

[Jack4688]

Is this type of OBD connector of no use to me on my S2?


I've had it about 18 months and never bothered to take it out the box and have a look at fault codes but now I'm struggling to find somewhere to connect it. I always thought there was a port under the steering column?? Thought that was where Tristan connected it when he showed me before I handed over my cash

[hunker7]

You need something like this as far as I know.

[Jack4688]

Sh*t. Thanks Janis. What's the bottom one called?

[hunker7]

I'm sure it is the same as S4.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-VW-Skod...478?nav=SEARCH

[Jack4688]

Bought. That'll be for connecting under the fuse box yes?

[hunker7]

Yeah

[Jack4688]

I was hoping to see if something electronic was causing my boost issues - it seems the opposite to yours I've got quite good fuel economy - this weekend on the M62 (mainly because of the 50 mph limits where the road works are) I managed an unprecedented 38 MPG!!!! It's still hanging around 30 mpg at the moment, usually would have dropped into the 20s by now after a trip down to my parents'. The other thing that's unlike your is the boost makes it perfectly driveable as the lag just insn't there.

Right now it's very linear in it's boost delivery - at the top end it feels much the same, though could well be down on power/torque. When driving to work etc. I spend most of my time at 1600-2000 rpm where it feels exactly the same. The difference is the boost doesn't come in in a big lump at around 2500-3000 rpm. If someone drive this car and didn't know it was turbocharged they wouldn't know there's something wrong with it, but I do

[UrS4boy]

UrS C4, 200 20VT (3B) and S2/RS2 OBD1 Fault Code access port locations and info

Bought. That'll be for connecting under the fuse box yes?

Under? How about *IN*?

You might want to read this:

UrS C4, 200 20VT (3B) and S2/RS2 OBD1 Fault Code access port locations and info:

http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/90409.phtml

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/20vcodes.htm

[Jack4688]

Under? How about *IN*?

thankyouDave

[andy10v]

Should be in the fuse box as per Dave's picture, however I have seen a set pulled down in the footwell, people have also been know wire in OBD2 connectors in more convenient locations in the car.

[Jack4688]

I think I found the source of the boost issues today. The picture below is of the area just below and behind my throttle body. See the little pipe poking upward? I can see where it leads to but I have absolutely no idea what it's for, however I recognise the rubber hose that was not connected to it looked like the pipework inside the cabin for the now removed boost gauge. I don't know how I never noticed the PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS noise coming from the engine when running before but that's gotta be it, right?

Oh and never mind the crack in my inlet manifold


I struggled like b*ggery to get something over that pipe to bung it and see if that cured my problems but haven't managed to - does it need to be bunged or does that pipe exist in a car without boost gauge fitted? i.e. do I still need some pipework feeding back to, presumably, the ECU?

[andy10v]

You need IM vac lines to

FPR
ECU
DV
Diff lock

Air con apparently

If you have teed of somewhere else any extra ports on the manifold would need plugged, short length of hose and a suitable plug will work.