Hello to Everybody.
I just bought a 1998 A6 Avant 2.8 SE with 79k on it. It has a full dealer service history (stamped every 10k miles) and has just had all the belts done so I am hoping its a good one. I am loving driving & owning the car and to date have only found two little bugbears with it which I hope more experienced owners may be able to help me with:
1/. The engine is really quiet, so much so that you can hear a constant ticking/clicking noise coming from under the bonnet. It doesn't get quicker/slower with the engine revs rising/falling, staying constant throughout. I looked under the bonnet and its coming from a black plastic box located at the back left of the engine bay as you lean into the engine. Sounds like a fan/rotor going round. Any ideas on what it is, is it supposed to tick and if not can it be easily fixed??
2/. The transmission (auto with tiptronic) is very smooth indeed. A few times however it has had a problem deciding which gear to be in causing it to judder/shake for a second before deciding on a gear. This is most noticeable for example when your coming along a main road to turn left/right off of it. You take your foot of the gas to cover or use the brake, then turn the corner and put your foot back gently on the accelerator. The car then judders a bit as it seems it can't decide what gear to get into (like someone bouncing a clutch) before deciding and being smooth again. This doesn't happen often though only three of four times in three weeks of owning the car. Is it my driving style (I'm used to manuals) or is there a problem here?? I've read about self adapting transmissions etc and think it maybe getting used to me or something??
Thanks in advance for any help/advice with these two small (I hope) issues,
Steve.
I just bought a 1998 A6 Avant 2.8 SE with 79k on it. It has a full dealer service history (stamped every 10k miles) and has just had all the belts done so I am hoping its a good one. I am loving driving & owning the car and to date have only found two little bugbears with it which I hope more experienced owners may be able to help me with:
1/. The engine is really quiet, so much so that you can hear a constant ticking/clicking noise coming from under the bonnet. It doesn't get quicker/slower with the engine revs rising/falling, staying constant throughout. I looked under the bonnet and its coming from a black plastic box located at the back left of the engine bay as you lean into the engine. Sounds like a fan/rotor going round. Any ideas on what it is, is it supposed to tick and if not can it be easily fixed??
2/. The transmission (auto with tiptronic) is very smooth indeed. A few times however it has had a problem deciding which gear to be in causing it to judder/shake for a second before deciding on a gear. This is most noticeable for example when your coming along a main road to turn left/right off of it. You take your foot of the gas to cover or use the brake, then turn the corner and put your foot back gently on the accelerator. The car then judders a bit as it seems it can't decide what gear to get into (like someone bouncing a clutch) before deciding and being smooth again. This doesn't happen often though only three of four times in three weeks of owning the car. Is it my driving style (I'm used to manuals) or is there a problem here?? I've read about self adapting transmissions etc and think it maybe getting used to me or something??
Thanks in advance for any help/advice with these two small (I hope) issues,
Steve.