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Hello, Is it possible to replace my Xenon bulb in my 1999 A6 myself? The Auto Zone guy said only the dealer should do it. The bulb in question is the round one in the plastic housing. By the the way, the plastic housing has condensation on the inside of it--is this normal or a source of the problem? I'm new to the forum and new to cars but pretty handy so your advice is appreciated!
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Replying to: jim198 (Jan 06, 2008 11:10 am) Since the dealer will replace the bulb for a fixed price, I would not even consider doing this. If you make ANY mistakes, you buy the mistake. Unless you are familiar with this maintenance item, why even consider doing this yourself. If you risk X dollars which is pretty much a bigger, by far number, why not pay for the thing to be done by folks who have done this routinely, rather than try to do it yourself. OTOH, if this is a career move for you, have at it.
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Jan 08, 2008 6:56 pm)  Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Jan 08, 2008 6:56 pm) Good to hear from you again. Your posting volume has dropped a lot of late. In any event, I'm going to throw in with you. While I spent the first couple of decades of car ownership doing 95% of my own work, I'm learning that the risk/reward equation has changed. I just replaced the (very well-built & long-lasting, BTW) shocks in my car, at 125K miles. The job wasn't horrible, I learned much in doing it & saved a few hundred bucks. Plus which, my #3 son & I had some "quality time." Either way, compared to my early days of driving, when maintenance of this sort was required at 15 or 30K mile intervals, it's a whole new world. Once you learn (by taking far too long to do it) how to do a job efficiently, you're rewarded with the knowledge that you can do it agin in seven years when the car has 250K miles on it. Well, even in my world, that's beyond stupid. Back in the day, once you learned how to do something, you'd get multiple chances to do it again. Those days are done. Not only do most jobs on cars require tooling or equipment that one is not likely to possess, but those that remain only need to be done once in anything but a marathon ownership experience. I guess I still want to retain some of that old-school "fix it yourself" approach, but for many things you're just better off paying the dealer or (better yet) your indi shop to get stuff done. Plus, I'm too fat & old to continue crawling under cars for anything much beyond oil changes. Oh well, I still do do those, FWIW. |
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| While driving on a highway my Audi lost power within 30 seconds of hearing a loud beep and seeing a large icon on the dashboard. Evidently, this was due to a thermostat that was stuck. When stopped the car steamed or smoked and the engine was melted. Does any one know if there should have been another warning light since there was none that we received. | |
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| Hello all. I just joined this forum and I wanted to know if anyone knew how to remove the tail light assembly (driver side) on a 2004 A6? Normally I wouldn't think this would be difficult but since there is a sensor of some sort (I received a caution light on dash) I wondered if there was anything special that needed to be done? | |
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Replying to: tacoweasel (Jan 18, 2008 8:26 am) |
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Replying to: tacoweasel (Jan 18, 2008 8:26 am)
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Replying to: tacoweasel (Jan 18, 2008 8:26 am) I went to the dealership, thinking the same as you (it must be complex), and the mechanic came out and changed it in under a minute. It was still under warranty |
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Replying to: jim198 (Jan 19, 2008 7:30 pm) My thought was, if it is really easy and evidently so, someone might not be asking how to do it. If one of us offers advice and it is subsequently taken and then "something expensive to replace" breaks, well, why take that risk? In my case, a friend of mine bought a new plasma TV from a big box retailer and felt it was worth $500 bucks to have it set up (plugged in, essentially.) I would have, myself, set up the TV, the surround sound system and the remotes controlling the whole thing. I would not even dream of working on my Audi A6 beyond "detailing." To each his/her own. If you want help with your home theater system, I'm your guy. If you want help with your Audi, my advice remains: take it to the dealer and pay a bit more [perhaps] but get peace of mind. Oh wait -- I can change the license plates without help, but since the dealer will do this, too, (at no charge), I even let them do that. |
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