Arrggh!!! Coil Springs and Huge Sump plugs!The joys of a Monday!

[Samuraibunni]

Had my A4 for a day and the damn front left coil spring broke today. It's making a helluva noise! I took her to my local indy thinking it was creaky squeaky bushes - turned out it wasn't!

Ah well, I've ordered a new one today - is it a job for my indy, or can I do it? (They charge £35 an hour and are good lads) Also, how dangerous is it - my car is uber important for work, see.

Also, I changed the oil today too (that filter is a bitch - I had to move my coolant tank out of the way) - the sump plug however is HUGE! I couldn't find a washer that fitted (of course I found this out after I took the plug off - ) I got the washer from Euro car parts and it was way too small. I ended up having to use a couple of rubber grommets (ala Vauxhall) to stop any leaking - time will tell how well this holds up. I just wanted to know if anyone else had this problem?

[phil miller]

Had my A4 for a day and the damn front left coil spring broke today. It's making a helluva noise! I took her to my local indy thinking it was creaky squeaky bushes - turned out it wasn't!

Ah well, I've ordered a new one today - is it a job for my indy, or can I do it? (They charge £35 an hour and are good lads) Also, how dangerous is it - my car is uber important for work, see.

Also, I changed the oil today too (that filter is a bitch - I had to move my coolant tank out of the way) - the sump plug however is HUGE! I couldn't find a washer that fitted (of course I found this out after I took the plug off - ) I got the washer from Euro car parts and it was way too small. I ended up having to use a couple of rubber grommets (ala Vauxhall) to stop any leaking - time will tell how well this holds up. I just wanted to know if anyone else had this problem?


Was it a copper washer? if it is then most motorfactors should have them, if not a new plug with washer is about £1.20 from TPS

as for the spring, leave it to the garage, its not a hard job but can be a mare, make sure you have them both changed tho, not just the broken one

[mumutley]

HI
Should take a good mechanic hour (max) per side
And like phil miller said get both changed

[Samuraibunni]

Cheers guys. Looks like I'll have to get meself another spring now! gah! As for the washer, it was a copper one, the guy at ECP got it from my reg - but it didn;t even fit over the end of the plug. It's on now and I'm going to have to hope it doesn't leak until the next change - LDS couldn't even find one big enough - I even went back to my local indy and they let me dig around their bits (ooer, not a pretty thought with those guys) but couldn't find one large enough in their supplies.

Update** THIS is my sump plug: http://www.autohausaz.com/secure/PartImages/059103193.jpg according to the website that image is on, it's an S4 one.?!>!/?

[Withnail]

I replaced my Huge Sump Plug with a Febi
MERCEDES COMMERCIAL EVOBUS TRUCK SUMP PLUG & WASHER

allen key one.
MADE IN GERMANY BY FEBI BILSTEIN
PART NUMBER WASHER 007603026109 / 03014
SUMP PLUG 1309970032
WASHER
height or thickness1,5 mm inside diameter26 mm outside diameter32 mm materialcopper DIN - ISO7603

SUMP PLUG 1S M26 X 1.5
ALLEN KEY FITTING 14 MM

Excuse the text size - I copied the details directly off of my 'online auction' purchase history. The part cost £2.50, came with a washer and looks much nicer than the original plug did - especially after the addition of of a @35mm nut welded on onetime I had to unsieze the plug from the sump... The original, b.t.w. is the type where the drive nut is way smaller than the threaded section.

[Samuraibunni]

Good god man, I thought you were HAVIng TRouble controling the VOLUME of your TYPING!

But thanks for that. I think I'll do the same when it comes to my next oil change!