Introduction - New RS6 Avant owner.

[Bigglezworth]

Finally got it landed hey. Coolio. I was the first to import an RS6 Saloon to Canada from the US the first day the RIV relaxed the rules and now we have another Calgary guy landing an Avant locally as soon as it became legal. I may or may not catch up with an Avant. I need to week some of the other cars here first by selling one of the RS's and then the S6 Avant also. Enjoy the wheels. Resist the urge to modify - if you can last that long....

[Blau_RS2]

Finally got it landed hey. Coolio. I was the first to import an RS6 Saloon to Canada from the US the first day the RIV relaxed the rules and now we have another Calgary guy landing an Avant locally as soon as it became legal. I may or may not catch up with an Avant. I need to week some of the other cars here first by selling one of the RS's and then the S6 Avant also. Enjoy the wheels. Resist the urge to modify - if you can last that long....

Hi Tim,

The wait seemed like forever and I still haven't seen it. My Cousin will be keeping it at his shop in Vancouver till the Spring. I'll fly down in January to take it for a spin after the initial maintenance gets completed. The urge to modify is big but I'll try to restrain. My biggest worry is the transmission of course. I've only ever driven manuals so I'm already looking for a donor A6 with all the bits.

We will definitely have to meet up in the spring. I have a feeling I'll have a list of questions for you by then.

Dave

[Bigglezworth]

The urge to modify is big but I'll try to restrain. My biggest worry is the transmission of course. I've only ever driven manuals so I'm already looking for a donor A6 with all the bits.

Dave

There is nothing wrong with the 5Tip. The failure items are a specific item that is common to all ZF transmissions of the era which has zero to do with power output of engine. I have rebuilt two 5Tips here in the past couple of years and the failure is from the exact same thing - pressure regulator which blows out the A-drum clutch. Once this is corrected with the updated design you're good for years upon years. People have been mislead for years on this item which has created a misguided lack of understanding and panic to these cars. Bottom-line Audi (and BMW/Jaguar/Merc) should have issued a service bulletin to all owners that indicates the lower valve body should be replaced/overhauled at 80-100K due to the natural wear inherent in the design and you wouldn't "blow the tranny"....

[Blau_RS2]

There is nothing wrong with the 5Tip. The failure items are a specific item that is common to all ZF transmissions of the era which has zero to do with power output of engine. I have rebuilt two 5Tips here in the past couple of years and the failure is from the exact same thing - pressure regulator which blows out the A-drum clutch..

Well that seems a lot easier to do than swapping transmissions. You can access that from underneath, correct? I'll add this to my list of maintenance items. Thanks Tim.