"Richard Goulding" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote...
> But my car is a 2000 A4 2.8 V6 Quattro and it has those covers.

I guess they changed it between 1998 and 200.

 

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 04:13:41 GMT, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
wrote:

>"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote...
>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:05:43 GMT, "Victor Bazarov"
><v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >Now I am even more convinced that my car is missing it... Let me go get
>> >the picture...
>> >
>> > www.bazarov.com/audi/Pic_001.jpg (150K)
>> > www.bazarov.com/audi/Pic_002.jpg (156K)
>> >
>> >Can you see the battery there? Nothing is covering it. Does that mean I
>am
>> >missing those things the OP asked about removing?
>>
>> I don't know exactly what model/year this is, but if It's a B5 A4/S4 it's
>> definitely missing at least the two lower windshield valence pieces and
>the
>> battery access cover...
>
>Alright. I decided to get a third opinion and got Chilton A4/Passat
>repair manual. Whaddya know, it has pictures. Yes, an A4 with a 4-
>cylinder engine has what the OP (and you) probably talk about: a large
>cover in the back of the engine compartment with four areas with many
>small holes, with one kinda round hole where the brake fluid reservoir
>is, and another, elongated, where the battery is. And (the drumroll
>please) an A4 with a 6-cylinder engine does not have that. Why? I
>don't know. So, I guess, we can now say for sure. And to the OP:
>sorry, I can't help you. Somebody who has a 4-cylinder A4 should be
>able to.
>
>Oh, mine _is_ a 1999 B5 A4Q, 2.8L V6.
>
>Victor

Yes, I have the covers, access door, and the cabin air microfilter box that
nestles above the passenger side cover...

/daytripper
'00 S4 6spd (btw: that's "BI-TURBO INTERCOOLED V6" to you

 

In message <VVGic.25963$aQ6.1498335@attbi_s51>
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> wrote:

> Yes, an A4 with a 4-
> cylinder engine has what the OP (and you) probably talk about: a large
> cover in the back of the engine compartment with four areas with many
> small holes, with one kinda round hole where the brake fluid reservoir
> is, and another, elongated, where the battery is. And (the drumroll
> please) an A4 with a 6-cylinder engine does not have that.

My 96 A4 V6 definitely didn't have the covers (nor did the 4-cylinder
models of the same vintage), but I believe that later models did. I
have a copy of a review, published in March 1995, which shows both the
2.6 V6 and the 1.8T I4 without covers. Certainly my 2000 A6 V6 and my
2003 RS6 V8 did/do have covers. However, the battery on my RS6 is in
the spare wheel well.

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Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')