Hi everyone!
I've been a member of this forum for a long time now, reading everyday's posts and I thought it would be time to introduce you to my URS4. So here she is, it's a 6speed manual box (CBL) with stock sport suspension.
She's been in the family since I'm 5yrs old, so no need to say that she has a special place for me. She has done 425000km (264k miles) since then and she's still running like she did the first day!
As you can see my dad always took a great care of the bodywork (yep he asked to paint the black parts when he bought it because he didn't like it, I agree with that, no offense ), there are just a few rust dots here and there (fuel trap, trunk hood, lower doors) but nothing noticeable. The interior is fully black leather and also in mint conditions (we weren't allowed to have anything in our pockets as kids when we sat in the car to avoid any scratches). Sorry I have no pics of the interior.
So now that my Dad is less reluctant at me touching/repairing/improving it I'm nearly in charge of her.
So here is what I already did :
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-Checking Compression : Ok
-Leak down test : nearly OK
-VAG test : 00561 - Mixture Adaptation : Check MAF and possible air leaks done. no more fault : Ok
-Replaced PBV by a billet one as the stock one was leaking (resulting in code 00561) : OK
-Just for fun : Tryied to put a Hybrid k24/7000 from hoffer and one of his ship on it. For the anecdote, at first the stock turbo was whistling as hell because of some play in the shaft. Then I though it would be a good occasion to make this mod without the approval of my dad who's still the owner of the car and is not so much into mods. So I just said I was going to fix the turbo not mentionning any mods which is what I did in a way .
-993tt front brake : The UFO's were braking like crap so I put 993tt's on it. I'll write a thread about this conversion in a few days because it was nothing but an easy thing to do and i'd be glad if I can help anybody to have all the pieces of the puzzle in one thread. At the same time I sandblasted, zinc coated and powercoated "new" struts (they came from a younger S4 from a friend of mine) as the old ones were eaten by the rust. And I put new yellow Koni shocks
- Changing fuel line : old ones were also eaten by rust (thread here)
What I plan to do :
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- New engine : the old one is leaking oil and has its miles. I got a fresh 83k miles Engine which I planned to mod but I still don't know how. Budget will tell
- New rear subframe : Rust and Rust is the word for the bottom of the car, so I'll put on a fresh rear subframe (sandblaste, zinc coated, powder coated) all with OEM and Apikol or Bambridge bushes.
- Same thing with the front
- New gearbox, new rear diff with Apikol bushes, new propshaft, Well a brand "new" (to compare with my car mileage) transmission and suspension.
-Fixing the A/C which hasn't worked for the last 10 years
Well enough said I think!
BTW Special thanks to anybody on this forum ! All their knowledge has helped me to repair a lot of things on my car and planned a lot of exciting thing to do with her .
Cheers!
I've been a member of this forum for a long time now, reading everyday's posts and I thought it would be time to introduce you to my URS4. So here she is, it's a 6speed manual box (CBL) with stock sport suspension.
She's been in the family since I'm 5yrs old, so no need to say that she has a special place for me. She has done 425000km (264k miles) since then and she's still running like she did the first day!
As you can see my dad always took a great care of the bodywork (yep he asked to paint the black parts when he bought it because he didn't like it, I agree with that, no offense ), there are just a few rust dots here and there (fuel trap, trunk hood, lower doors) but nothing noticeable. The interior is fully black leather and also in mint conditions (we weren't allowed to have anything in our pockets as kids when we sat in the car to avoid any scratches). Sorry I have no pics of the interior.
So now that my Dad is less reluctant at me touching/repairing/improving it I'm nearly in charge of her.
So here is what I already did :
----------------------------
-Checking Compression : Ok
-Leak down test : nearly OK
-VAG test : 00561 - Mixture Adaptation : Check MAF and possible air leaks done. no more fault : Ok
-Replaced PBV by a billet one as the stock one was leaking (resulting in code 00561) : OK
-Just for fun : Tryied to put a Hybrid k24/7000 from hoffer and one of his ship on it. For the anecdote, at first the stock turbo was whistling as hell because of some play in the shaft. Then I though it would be a good occasion to make this mod without the approval of my dad who's still the owner of the car and is not so much into mods. So I just said I was going to fix the turbo not mentionning any mods which is what I did in a way .
-993tt front brake : The UFO's were braking like crap so I put 993tt's on it. I'll write a thread about this conversion in a few days because it was nothing but an easy thing to do and i'd be glad if I can help anybody to have all the pieces of the puzzle in one thread. At the same time I sandblasted, zinc coated and powercoated "new" struts (they came from a younger S4 from a friend of mine) as the old ones were eaten by the rust. And I put new yellow Koni shocks
- Changing fuel line : old ones were also eaten by rust (thread here)
What I plan to do :
------------------
- New engine : the old one is leaking oil and has its miles. I got a fresh 83k miles Engine which I planned to mod but I still don't know how. Budget will tell
- New rear subframe : Rust and Rust is the word for the bottom of the car, so I'll put on a fresh rear subframe (sandblaste, zinc coated, powder coated) all with OEM and Apikol or Bambridge bushes.
- Same thing with the front
- New gearbox, new rear diff with Apikol bushes, new propshaft, Well a brand "new" (to compare with my car mileage) transmission and suspension.
-Fixing the A/C which hasn't worked for the last 10 years
Well enough said I think!
BTW Special thanks to anybody on this forum ! All their knowledge has helped me to repair a lot of things on my car and planned a lot of exciting thing to do with her .
Cheers!
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