Giving the S2 some love

[Ian Simmonds]

S2 v 2007 S3

We were out today in the S2, as a family of four, with 'ye mad Collie' in the back, when, South of Pulborough, we gained, 'up the trumpet' an Audi S3 of 2007 vintage, just as the road slows to cross a narrow bridge before a mile long straight. As we entered the straight the dog was apocalyptically 'barking' mad as the S3 swung out to overtake on the clear ribbon of tarmac... But the S2 girded its loins and suddenly the two lads in the S3 had a problem. The family wagon with the badger faced collie barking at them was actually impossible to overtake, but the humiliation was complete as the kids were waving whilst the dog barked at them. Worse was to come as the S2 came into its 'higher up zone' and the 'wagon of humiliation' was actually pulling away. The lads tucked back in behind and dropped back for the twisty bits into Storrington, no doubt unsure what an S2 Avant is.... The dog loved it....

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Ok, thanks for reply.

[Ian Simmonds]

What was your hot oil idling preassure before oilchange?

1.5bar, it always has been since 2002 when we bought the car.

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What was your hot oil idling preassure before oilchange?

[Ian Simmonds]

That is an epic change, the old girl is running a lot, lot quieter, the hot oil idling pressure is about half a bar up and it just feels like a happy car again...
The grille Mike, is completely painted.

[Michael S2]

Did you paint the whole grill or just the surround? Black surround looks so much better than the chrome

[Cottis]

Ahhhh, the glow of Emerald Pearl basking in sun. Looking forward to getting mine out soon. Waiting on some hoses/pipes so the leak test can continue and then the brakes then gogogogogo. I have a spare grille somewhere, so might dig it out, get peeling and tuck myself up with some black paint. Always liked the original chrome but yours looks good. Cannot hurt to try.

[Ian Simmonds]

Lovely looking Avant, and the black grill suits it alright.

Thank you

I started it up and shunted out into the road this morning and the tappets are as silent as a church mouse... Its joyous. It gets its run out in about half an hour.

[irishs2]

Lovely looking Avant, and the black grill suits it alright.

[Ian Simmonds]

I took the opportunity this morning to do an oil and filter change, even though it wasn't due... There is a method in the madness, as I changed the oil in November with magnatec 10w40, only some 1000 miles ago, but, it's been a bit tappet happy on cold starts of late, much to my dislike. So this morning stripped the undertray off, freed off the sump plug and retightened, then got the old girl hot, added some STP engine flush and left on fast idle for 15mins. Drained, removed filters and then replaced filters and oil with Castrol Edge 10w60. First impressions are favourable, as the tappets fell silent within about 20 seconds of starting and a subsequent start some 4 hours later was silent from the tappets. Tomorrow I'll take it for a proper run, so everything will go through a proper heat cycle, but fingers crossed, it does look like the old girl is once again a happy bunny.

[sidrick]

Looks superb

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, I've finally got around to fitting the grille...

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, after several months, I've finally painted the spare S2 front Grille I got from Andyg ( plym)... Its been sat in our big shed for ages.

It came up rather well all things considered...



Thanks Andy...

Just need to fit it now.

[Ian Simmonds]

Yes mate it's all boxed up and being sent out early next week

Hi Andy, when you're ready, she's okay at the mo....

[andyg plym]

Yes mate it's all boxed up and being sent out early next week