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 Jan 5 2005, 03:52 PM
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The snow is here, big wheels are in the basement, and car is generally doing nothing.
So I decided to 'get on it' early this year and fix whatever is necessary. What would be good to redo/replace on a 99 ls1 A4 with 77k miles on it? the few obvious ones are: spark plugs mounts bushings wires fluids what else? |
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Jan 11 2005, 03:29 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 452 Joined: 12-January 04 From: Charleston, SC Member No.: 121 |
Care to expand more about the PCV ls1->ls6 conversion? I heard it's a cheap valve that likes to fail, and I'm very interested in such 'cheap insurance' items.
I already got a ported LS6 oil pump, works GREAT, get it if you don't have it yet. I also have the double roller, adjustable heat treated timing chain, so that should be enough insurance. PS system been broken/fixed/broken again about 3 times in the past 3 weeks, courtesy of a weak hose and 'hell ain't freezing over at Chicago' weather. $200 and 3 ft of brand spanking new shiny Aeroquip hose later, all is well. Fluids maintenance I'm religous on, but one thing I'm still unsure of: car's got 78k miles and been run on 'dinosaur' oil, how safe is it to change to synth at this point? |
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RedHardSupra winter maintenance Jan 5 2005, 03:52 PM
pknowles If the bushings are original then at least do the ... Jan 5 2005, 04:09 PM Teutonic Speedracer In addition to the fluids, I'd do fuel filter,... Jan 5 2005, 05:24 PM PF Flyer ... when doing the A4, flush the entire system, do... Jan 5 2005, 07:43 PM RedHardSupra I don't know if that helps, but this is the li... Jan 5 2005, 08:10 PM RedHardSupra anything else? Jan 7 2005, 02:45 PM bigshoe I plan on doing similar stuff to my car this offse... Jan 11 2005, 01:19 AM bigshoe copied from the ls1howto article i linked above:
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RedHardSupra I already have a Greddy oil catch can, so is the P... Jan 11 2005, 05:01 PM |
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