RussAdams

Hi,

I just purchased a 2001 TT quatro cabrio and will be driving it in the Northern Virginia/Washington DC area as my day to day driver.

Can you point me where I can find all the required maintenance items are listed? And good sources for hints and tipa?

My TT has 53,000 miles on it and is in fab condition. I'd like to keep it that way!

Thanks!
Russ

Mister Bally

See the owner's manual and maintenance log. If the prior owner didn't supply them, buy them from Audi. Either on line or at a dealer. Also, invest in a service manual/All Data subscription. You'll need the Ross Tech diagnostic interface as well.

RussAdams

Thank you Mr Bally!

Which service manual do you recommend?

Is this the OBDII software and connector you recommend: https://store.ross-tech.com/shop/vchv2_ent/

I currently use Torque on my mobile phone paired with ELM327 bluetooth connector to access OBDII info. Is it really worth spending the $200 for the 3 VIN Ross-Tech? Looks like cool software, but...

Thanks again for the advice!
Russ

Mister Bally

Yes, well worth the expense.

Vegas-roadster

Bentley was the official supplier of the Mk 1 repair manual. It is only available on an expensive CD which sucks IMO because I don't like having my laptop in the garage to do repairs. Has the timing belt and associated parts been changed in the past 5 years? If not, the car is a time bomb for a $5K+ repair because the valves are zero clearance. Get it done NOW! Be gentle with the glove box latch. It is relatively fragile and the part is about $1000. Read this FAQ http://forums.fourtitude.com/showthr...44-Audi-TT-FAQ

RussAdams

Thanks Vegas!

I have a pretty thorough CarFax, and at 50K there were belts replaced... but it does not explicitly specify timing belt. The shop is listed in the CarFax so I'll contact them and see if they can tell me. I purchased a service contract, will be interesting to see if they will pay to do it or not.

I'll see if I can find a Bently manual on the bay.

Appreciate your input!!!

Picking up the car this week. Bought it Saturday, but there were a couple things I wanted the dealer to fix first.

The ESP light would go out when I started the car, but would then come on and stay on while driving. Dealer thinks it is a sensor. I've not pulled codes, my bad!

Thanks again!

Russ

RussAdams

eBay has the Bentley manual for $88. Amazon has them listed at over $100. I see that CD manual out there for over $100 also. I like printed manuals.

Mister Bally

Careful with a second hand manual CD; they are encrypted and you get one user code and one backup code. Backup code only works if you can supply original purchaser information to Bentley Publishers....

RussAdams

THANK YOU for the warning! I have a couple online manuals that I've found to be a pain to use. I ordered one of the print manuals off the Bay. Hoping it's not a cheap xerox.

Vegas-roadster

I hated my Bentley CD manual and these days many laptops do not have a CD/DVD reader. I'd rather have a poor quality print version than a CD.