S2 Avant -93

[Antsa]

I have been a little lazy updating the thread. The local machine shop did not want to fix the bleed nipple threads on the caliper, so I sent it over to Alex to fix it. Unfortunately due to brexit&covid Posti has a hard time delivering parcels to UK and my caliper has been on its way for two months now The best part is that no one has got any idea where they are and I'm a little worried that the caliper is lost. I guess I only have to wait if it somehow finds its way to the UK.

I also failed MOT last week due to emissions and have a leaking turbo The turbo just got back from the company who serviced it a couple months back and they said there is nothing wrong with it. The only things left should be blocked oil drain or crank ventilation and they both seem fine to me. Oil drain flows freely and there is no clogs in the breather system and all the valves in it are relatively new

I have ordered a new lambda sensor that I can hopefully fit tomorrow with the turbo. The old lambda was a Delphi item but the new one will be Bosch. Hopefully I will get a new emissions test made next week to see if the new lambda has sorted my issue.

[Antsa]

I guess it is Honestly though I think they will be out of my price range

[Error404]

Time for custom Titanium pistons now Antti?

[Antsa]

The calipers are finally back after blasting. Before starting to do the painting I decided to take the calipers fully apart. Turns out that the bleed screws and the crossover pipe can be pretty tight in the aluminum alloy caliper I managed to get everything out but I stripped the threads from one hole . I took the damaged caliper to a machine shop to see if they can fix it.

On the other hand good thing it happened now and not after they had been mounted on the car Other setback is that I have to blast them again to get rid of the oxide layer that quickly forms on top the bare aluminum surface.



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While still recovering from the little setback a I cleaned & inspected all the pistons. A few of them had a few nicks that could be felt with a finger so I will be needing a few set of pistons. They are a pretty expensive investment, but that's probably what you get from buying used calipers

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[Antsa]

Do you know by any chance if the fog signals and turn signals are the same on the rs2 fender , those that are fiberglass ? Not the original fenders.
And if they are different do you know perhaps the OEM numbers on them ?

If by fenders you mean bumpers, S2 and RS2 have different fog lights and front turn signals. RS2 part numbers for turn signals are 8A0953049D / 50D and fog lights 8A0941699D / 700D. I found various online ETKAs very useful to find the part numbers that I need, couldn't live without them anymore Next time you can use 7zap or similar to find the part number you need.

Do you rember the pricing on the parts ? As i understand it fits from the 2,6 cabrio, and they are not so expensive.

Fog lights have been 220€. Price for the the turn signals I was unable to find anymore.

*Sorry just seen you have answered that above^ so dont worry. cheers

No worries mate

[bhlegit]

*Sorry just seen you have answered that above^ so dont worry. cheers

Bumper fitted a couple of days ago with all new foglights, turn signals and grills. Looks a lot different now.

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My turbo also started to sound like everything was not ok so I decided to look a little closer. Some oil was present on the boost hoses and a clear axial play on the turbo shaft was felt so it had to come off. It was the first time I had to do it but wasn't too bad after all. Bottom coolant and oil return line had to be loosened from underneath. The allen bolts on oil return were old and awfully tight but they came out after a little fight. Turbo is now being serviced, some new seals & bolts are on their way and while at it I was thinking of replacing some of the vacuum and breather hoses.

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where did you buy the brand new indicators and fog lights? Thanks

[S2_avant 19930325]

Turnsignals and foglights were bought from eBay (I don't remember the seller, sorry). Part numbers for foglights 8A0 941 699/700 and turnsignals 8A0 953 055A/056A

Do you rember the pricing on the parts ? As i understand it fits from the 2,6 cabrio, and they are not so expensive.

[S2_avant 19930325]

Turnsignals and foglights were bought from eBay (I don't remember the seller, sorry). Part numbers for foglights 8A0 941 699/700 and turnsignals 8A0 953 055A/056A

Do you know by any chance if the fog signals and turn signals are the same on the rs2 fender , those that are fiberglass ? Not the original fenders.
And if they are different do you know perhaps the OEM numbers on them ?

[Antsa]

Turnsignals and foglights were bought from eBay (I don't remember the seller, sorry). Part numbers for foglights 8A0 941 699/700 and turnsignals 8A0 953 055A/056A

[S2_avant 19930325]

Where did you buy the turn signals and the foglights ? Do you remeber the OEM numbers ? Really nice car ,, good luck

[Antsa]

While still waiting for Brembos to be blasted, I painted the rear calipers.

Here are the calipers and carriers ready for paint

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The paint that I used was VHT caliper paint in real red

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First coat down. I applied two light coats and medium wet coat as per the instructions

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This is after all three coats

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Then it was time to bake them

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The day after baking I shot three coats of clear and baked again. This is the final result. Although they came out ok I think I'm going to use different paint on the fronts. The gloss level is not as good as I hoped and color is a little different that you see on the red Porsche calipers. I will have to do a little more research on caliper paints before doing the 8 pots.


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[Antsa]

I recently came across a reasonably priced set of Brembo 8 piston brake calipers. So I had to buy them They were used condition so they will need a refurbishment.

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First thing was to disassemble the calipers. Some bolts were stubborn but nothing too bad. Couple of the allen key bolts slipped, but fortunately the old trick of hammering a torx socket into the old head did the trick

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My plan is to paint them red and I already ordered some VHT caliper paint to do that. Before the painting I needed to strip the old paint off. I tried to sandblast the calipers with my cheap blaster but that was a waste of time They seem to know how to make a paint stick at the Brembo factory. So the calipers were send to be blasted professionally and I will hopefully get them back by the end of the week. While waiting for the 8 pots to be ready, I prepared the B7 S4 rear calipers ready for paint. I'll post some pics of the painting work hopefully this week.


Here's a pic after the home blasting. Basically nothing happened

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[Antsa]

Some goodies from Issam arrived a while back. New damper for future updates and also a new crankcase breather outlet

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I also happened to find some heat shields when I went through some boxes in my storage. The bigger one is in decent shape but the smaller has corroded quite badly. I might have to order some stainless items from Alex in the future but I decided to clean these and fit them for now.

This is how they looked before

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After soda blasting

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And fitted.

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I also had a problem with my central locking pump running constantly after trying to lock/unlock my doors. There is a Y connection under the drivers seat which was loose. I fitted an Oetiker clamp to keep it in place in the future. Works now as it should.


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[Antsa]

Thanks Greg, although I really don't know about the quick progress I'm happy that I finally got the bumper fitted. It was pretty much work involved to make everything fit nicely. If I were to do it again I would just purchase a used bumper and go from there.

[Greg_S]

Yeah its amazing how much noise comes back out of the cone filters. Coming together nicely, making quick progress as ever