EJ

I won two A4's 1999 2.8 - both purchased used. The clutches on both have
little travel and I assumed that there has been excessive wear. One has 44K
and the other 36K in miles and neither show any slippage.

I have been told that there is an issue taht audit is aware of and will
cover the first clutch replacement - haves anyone heard of this?

And how do I get them covered when I purchased both used.

C.R. Krieger

"EJ" <ewjames@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<q_Ckb.316265$mp.254296@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att .net>...
> I won two A4's 1999 2.8 - both purchased used. The clutches on both have
> little travel and I assumed that there has been excessive wear. One has 44K
> and the other 36K in miles and neither show any slippage.

Poor assumption unless someone has *wildly* abused them. IME, Audi
clutches easily go 200,000 miles more than this before showing any
signs of slippage, if then. Even my old 4KQ that saw half a decade of
regular autocross launches at 4000 rpm never showed the slightest hint
of failure. My guess is, they're prefectly normal.

> I have been told that there is an issue taht audit is aware of and will
> cover the first clutch replacement - haves anyone heard of this?

No, no, and no.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

JP Roberts

At least the one in my A4 is extremely weak, as shown when after some 1
minute of reversing along a very narrow street in a village in the Pyrenees
it started to become a bit rough. I checked under the bonnet and there was
this terrible smell of sth burning and of course I would have never
suspected the clutch to be so weak, especially in such a heavy car as an
Audi.

Believe me I, I am one of those who never abuse the clutch, only use it as
little and as gently as necessary - then again it's a manual, isn't it?
Suffice it to say I've never had to replace any clutch in any of my previous
cars and this one is still there after some 90 K miles and working fine but
showing a few slight symptoms here and there.

I would expect any normal clutch to reach at least 150k under my foot,
though I guess it's not going to be this one!

My two cents,

JP Roberts

P.S.: If you go to German tuners, they'll tell you you can get 250 plus PS
out of this car but you'll fry the clutch, this being its weakest part.

"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> "EJ" <ewjames@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<q_Ckb.316265$mp.254296@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att .net>...
> > I won two A4's 1999 2.8 - both purchased used. The clutches on both have
> > little travel and I assumed that there has been excessive wear. One has
44K
> > and the other 36K in miles and neither show any slippage.
>
> Poor assumption unless someone has *wildly* abused them. IME, Audi
> clutches easily go 200,000 miles more than this before showing any
> signs of slippage, if then. Even my old 4KQ that saw half a decade of
> regular autocross launches at 4000 rpm never showed the slightest hint
> of failure. My guess is, they're prefectly normal.
>
> > I have been told that there is an issue taht audit is aware of and will
> > cover the first clutch replacement - haves anyone heard of this?
>
> No, no, and no.
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> (Been there; done that)