Howdy All,
Long time no post, I was over in Okinawa for a few years. Got back last fall and my RS6 started up fine, however I had some bad luck reciently. Someone caved in my driver's side quarter panel around Christmas. Probably a '90s Suburban from the bumper marks, but they didn't leave any info. USAA took care of it and the local Audi body shop did a terrific job, cut the old quarter completely out at the factory welds and put a new one in.
I'd been getting a small, intermitent coolant loss, while it was in the body shop the car dumped about a gallon from the right front. I feared the infamous oil cooler, coolant pipe and the Audi mechanic agreed. Thank god I heeded everyone's advice back in '09 and got the Fidelity Platnum warrenty. Fidelity is hedging their bets and refusing to approve the claim until they inspect the engine out of the car. So I had to agree to pay for removal (@ $2300) if it turned out to be a part not covered. From reading my policy that should be everything in the coolant system except for radiator and heater hoses. Anyone else have Fidelity pull this on a large claim?
I've got a Blufkin pipe to replace the stock plastic piece and will try to convince the mechanic to put it in.
James