Red S2 avant

[audinut]

what happened to the underside of me ol motor!

[andy j]

I know what you mean. I have always been a tinkerer and enjoy working with my cars. It gets very frustrating at times but anyone can go out and buy a car that is 100% reliable and live with it. But most generic cars like that would get boring after a 5 minutes of owning them and of course they aren't audi S2's!
The plan is get the chassis and drive train sound first then go chasing power.

[macspring]

"Reassuring" to see you've having as much grief as I was with my S2.

There are two ways of doing it.

1. Have two S2s, and rebuild one and replace all of the obvious things, powder coat every bit and reassemble with copper grease. Daily drive the second one and interchange parts as break-downs dictate, new parts allow.

2. Have one S2, and repair it as it breaks, and have a spare ordinary car, as the back up/daily.

Different strokes for different folks, but either way, it's plenty of money, although the eventual payback from the first method is the long term better bet, albeit dearer.

It allows you to obtain new parts when funds allow / second hand parts when they come up for sale.

Now all of my S2 is done, it is very reliable and runs strong, looks good at just over 100k miles.

I think the mechanicals are the most important, then the interior, and lastly the paintwork. Ironically I find that when the paintwork is perfect I am continually fussing and irritable by new small scratches.

Enough of my opinions, thanks for sharing the 'normal' ups and downs of owning and using it. The parts numbers, the photos and the web links.

[andy j]

Got few more jobs done on the car. First one was replace the broken oddometer gear after getting a new gear of Greg S.
the old broken gear:



New gear fitted:



Then i turned my attention to the knackered rear upper arm bushes. The bolts were seized to the bushes but after a bit of soaking with penetrating oil i got them loose and the arm off:



i decided to buy some power flex inner and outer bushes for them:



I got some new nuts and bolts for them too:



All fitted and tightened up. No knocking or rattling from the back end anymore:



I also treated myself to a neuspeed rear anti roll bar:



It was really easy to fit. I haven't had it out a proper drive yet to see if it has got rid of the understeer:



I decided to change my gearbox oil too. What i have done is filled it with cheap gear oil to flush the box out. I will leave it in until i change the clutch then i will put the genuine VAG gear oil i have:



I decided to do an oil and filter change too. Got some fuchs titan GTI 5w-40 to put in:



I got home from work tonight and there was steam under the bonnet. The bleeder pipe had decided to snap off:



After some help on the S2 facebook page i got a new radiator from here:

http://www.adrad.co.uk/car-radiator/...=2.2&year=1994

It should arrive by thursday/friday. I will borrow my brothers car till then for work.

More updates soon hopefully!

[andy j]

I smoothed the sealer to the bottom of the drainage whole.
I will have a look at the washer jets. The under bonnet light isn't working either.
Anyone know where i could find wiring diagrams for my car?

[Nuvo]

can anyone tell me what this cable would have been for? it was tucked behind the fuse box:

I'm pretty sure the wires are for the under bonnet lamp and possibly heated windscreen washer jets. Take a look at the bottom of the jets to see if they each have a two pin plug to confirm this.

edit: Eric got there first.

[irishs2]

Ugh, I hate water ingress. But be careful, there is a hole there that allows water to run out onto the inner wing. That shouldnt be blocked.

can anyone tell me what this cable would have been for? it was tucked behind the fuse box:

This looks like the loom for the heated windscreen washer jets.

[andy j]

Been a funny old week with the car. I went to get something out the back of the car and was met with a puddle of water on the floor. I have been having issues with my heater unit air locking and residue on the windscreen. I put two and two together and decided that the heater matrix was burst. I set about changing it after work which turned out to be a nightmare of a job. 3 hours later the dash and heater unit were out. To my annoyance i found the heater matrix was in perfect working order ! So i fitted the new matrix anyway because this was not a job i wanted to be doing again! Sorry for the lack of photos but the rage i was i just wanted it to be done!

On sunday i started to have a look for the leak. it seemed to be coming from the bonnet cable:



The sealer looked ok but i decided to remove it and found water and dirt under it:



i then used sickaflex to reseal it. Its not prity i know but i'd rather this than water in the cabin:



can anyone tell me what this cable would have been for? it was tucked behind the fuse box:



I then removed the drivers seat to lift the carpet:



The sound deadening was knackered so i removed it:



I then held the carpet up and use the space heater to dry it out a bit:



I noticed that there was a plug under the drivers seat. It looks like the seats are heated.



I think they are out of a golf. I will need to have a look to see if its possible to wire them up.

The other job i have done this week is fit my golf gear shift balljoint. I used the guide Rusty had written up and got the shifter working well:



it seems there is still some play with the shifter which will probably be the shifter rod balljoint. I haven't decided yet whether to get an audi joint or the 034 one.

My next job will probably be diff and gearbox mountings. I have read some people using porsche mounts so will have a look at them.

[andy10v]

The dual mass SRE is still good for 450bhp and 500nm IIRC.

Its a slipper slope.....

[andy j]

I use the car as my daily driver so i would like to keep the DM flywheel. When i mean abuse just a bit of fast road and track. I'm not planning to be doing full throttle launches. I already have a dedicated track car and I'm hoping not to end up with 2!

[andy10v]

I have a 3B, so single mass flywheel. You can get a 3B flywheel, or a 7A and get it lightened if you wish. Lightweight aftermarket options as well.

SRE do an ABY dual mass clutch, no idea on how it will put up with serious abuse?

I think single mass has less to go wrong.

SRE is about 500.

[andy j]

I'm planning on giving the car abuse. Track days and the odd bit of drag racing. So an uprated clutch might be a good option. Do you have a DM flywheel and if so are you keeping it going to the SRE clutch? What sort of price is in one of them?
Unfortunately, i know what I'm like and i will end up chasing power. Thats how my metro ended up the way it is today. I want to go for a power level I'm not going to get bored of. Still unsure of a turbo. I like the idea of a gtx3071r.

[andy10v]

That is handy for you then

I am going for a SRE clutch (Sachs Race Engineering) they are well proven. Southbend get good write ups as well (and use the SRE 707 plate).

Thanks for the joint link

Are you going to stay KKK turbo or go for something more modern?

I have RS2 spec just now but have a new turbo for 450ish on its way.

[andy j]

Nice when a job goes to plan!

Did you mark the eccentric lower bolt to retain alignment?

What are your future plans power wise? (for clutch options)

Where did you get the prop joint from?

Nice garage setup

Thanks, my dad is just retired and started a bodyshop and restoration business. The bit is a bit of a tip just now!
Yeah, i marked the bottom bolt before removing it. The more i have been reading the more power i am thinking. My friend has 450bhp honda integra i would like to keep up with. Would an RS2 clutch do the job? I don't mind buying an uprated one just for the sake of once its fitted it fitted. I would like to aim for 400-450bhp i think.
I got the joint from ebay:
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/191401229514...ht_16080wt_986

[anthonys2]

Andy that's a damn nice S2 you've got and your other motors are canny!!