Sometimes the most obvious thing is overlooked. Oil change is supposed to be the easiest and the most normal thing to do to maintain our cars, but not many people actually know how to. Since it's time to change the oil on my A6, I took sometime to document it...
Feb
09
2012
Oil Change On 96-A6 Avant
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Feb
09
2012
Apr
08
2010
Sparkplug Popped Out Of The A6
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Apr
08
2010
The car was running smoothly until one day, it just sounded so badly and the wife thought the engine was blown. It's still drivable, shaking at idle and losing power because sparkplug #1 physically popped out of the head with all threads still good... Amazing. I started to look for a new car until I opened the engine cover to see what's actually going on. Again, if we got panic and towed the car to any shop/dealer... money will be spent for nothing. Thanks to Quattroworld.com Audi enthusiasts, sparkplugs popping was suggested and they're correct... Got to love the internet.
Dec
12
2009
A6 Avant Rear Brakes Replacement
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Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant starts making noise from the rear brakes, the rotors were shot, there weren't any pad wear indicator. This is how we replaced ours.
The rear brakes are identical on both sides, so this is the passenger side pictures only. Before doing anything, make sure the car jacked up...
Dec
12
2009
A6 Instrument Bulbs Replacement
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Dec
12
2009
One day, all our instrument lights went out and we thought it's the instrument cluster was bad, but they're just burnt bulbs. This is how we replaced them.
A6 Instrument Bulbs Replacment
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
A6 Avant Dome Light Cover Fix
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Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant Dome Light Cover hindge broke and it kept dangling on top of our heads, this is how we fixed ours.
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
A6 AC Controller Bulb Replacement
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Dec
12
2009
Our Ac controller display went dead. We had to replace the bulb and this is how we did ours.
A6 AC Controller Bulb Replacment
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
A6 Avant Tailgate Vacuum Lock Fix
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Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant in a hot day makes hissing sound from the tailgate lock, the vacuum boot cracked, here's how we fixed ours.
A6 Avant Tailgate Vacuum Lock Fix
Cheers,
Thanks to some A6 enthusiasts who had different experience in fixing this problem. Below is another fix from Chang Liu
I fixed my tailgate...
Dec
12
2009
A6 Temperature Sensor Replacement
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Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant temperature sensor doesn't show the temperature sometimes, we replaced ours, and this is how we did ours.
A6 Temperature Sensor Replacement
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
A6 Arm Rest Loose Fix
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Dec
12
2009
Our 96 A6 Avant has the arm rest loose due to the bolt stripping. We took it out and gave it a permanent fix. This is how we did ours.
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
A6 Stuck Ignition Lock Fixed
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Dec
12
2009
When it's cold, the ignition lock on our 96 A6 was hard to turn, sometimes it totally stuck and refuse to turn at all. We took out the ignition and the shifter units to lubricate them, it's been great since then (5 years ago). This is how we did ours.