They gave me a free subscription for a year, but I never used it much. I
did not renew at their prices and their information was OK I guess.
Now I have the Bentley CD for the A4, which is another story. That can be a
semi-tough manual to follow since it is NOT written for the "average" Joe
but more for the professional. 8^)

Also there are some downloadable manuals you can get for free IIRC.
--
later,
(One out of many daves)
1997 Red A4 1.8tq auto

"ADdiy55" <ADdiy55@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:231a0d05-c82e-4a4c-b75e-d03a372fb5e7@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 4, 6:17 pm, mike_n <mi...@ais-co.com> wrote:
> i have a 97 a4 that recently started to make a loud lifter noise. it
> is a bit louder than the 'classic' audi lifter noise and i suspect
> that 1 or 2 lifters are stuck. i tried to use a quart of transmission
> fluid in the oil to loosen it up. and i have now gone back to 20-50
> oil to see if if gets quiet. no luck.
> the question is ' how hard is it' to replace the 1or 2 lifters
> causing the problem? is it necessary to take out the radiator? any
> special tools required? i am pretty mechanical but i do not want to
> get into too much trouble.
> suggestions please!

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Andy Deil