If our cars are older than 2012, don’t use E15 gas, it’s potentially damage the engine and many car manufacturers will not honor the warranty if used with this E15 gas. What’s E15 gas, it’s 15% Ethanol and 85% gas, most of the gas these days already has Ethanol already, Arco, Costco, etc, but they […]
Category: A6 C4
Audi A6 C4 models 1991-1997
The reasons we like Audis, cost of driving and maintenance of our cars for 2012 are so low, if we can do some stuff and have an OBDII connector. 2008 Q7 It’s almost 5 years, 32k miles, the cost of driving and maintenance 1. Gas mileage: average 17MPG. 2. Cost of maintenance: $0. ( bought […]
Some old Delta CC radios have to reset with security codes when the “SAFE” message came on, normally after battery died or replaced. Here is how to reset the “SAFE” with the security codes, this procedure should be the same for all Audi radios, check the manual. Delta CC radio is on the 96 Audi […]
November 16, 2012 / 9,665 views / A4 B6 Cabriolet | A6 C4 | A8 D2 | A8 D3
Audi Transmission Safe (Limp) Mode
Transmission in Safe (Limp) mode is when the transmission only works in third gear only, all the gear selector indicators all light up. I still don’t know what causes this, but if you drive the car home (in third gear only ~ 40-45 MPH max) or leave it for about 2 hours, it will reset […]
Our faithful 96 A6 Avant 2.8L failed smog check, not because of the Smog limits, but because of the oil burning smokes and blue smoke coming from the engine bay and the exhaust pipe. The smog technician insisted that the smokes come from the engine bay is the crank case leaks, although we could see […]
October 28, 2012 / 6,952 views / A4 B6 Cabriolet | A6 C4 | A8 D2 | A8 D3 | Honda | Other Cars
Fix Engine Rough Idle, Stall At Stops, Sluggish Acceleration
All cars these days have fuel injections and tons of vacuum hoses in the engine which contribute to smooth idling, starts up easily at cold weather, when the cars get older, rubber connections get brittle and break off, cars starts to run rough, stalls at red lights, hard to start hot or cold, these are […]
Today, the battery on our 96 A6 Avant almost died after many weeks not running and the weather was cold. The weak battery some how caused the sunroof switch, gear and rails malfunction. The sunroof was opened all the way, turn the switch to close and it only moved in a little even the motor […]
October 26, 2012 / 4,102 views / A4 B6 Cabriolet | A6 C4 | A8 D2 | A8 D3 | Q7
Get To Know Audi Switches And Buttons
Believe it or not, many Audi owners may not know how to use all Audi’s buttons and switches inside their cars. It’s good to know these nice and functional features on our cars. Since we own Audis from 90’s to 08’s, most of the features are the same, just the buttons may be different (physically). […]
