Audi A4, S4

since 2000 of release

Repair and car operation

Poddomkrachivaniye and towage

Poddomkrachivaniye

For performance of many operations on maintenance and car repairs it is necessary to lift and establish it on two or four strong supports. By HUNDRED car, as a rule, rises the lift.

If under the car any works are made, the car is necessary for fixing reliably. Application of an onboard jack is admissible only at replacement of wheels. Carrying out repair and other work under the car in this case is forbidden. It is life-threatening!
Lift only not loaded car. Establish supports under the bottom.

Points of lifting and support of an automobile jack

On the bottom longeron of a body there are the characteristic places designating an arrangement of lobbies and back nests for installation of a jack (an arrow on an illustration). To each wheel there corresponds only one nest. The poddomkrachivaniye in other places is not allowed. The distance from a nest for jack installation to the corresponding lobby of a wheel arch makes about 15 cm, and to back about 25 see.

Establish a jack under the bottom beam and, rotating the handle, deduce his elevating paw on such height that the paw was directly under vertically located edge of a longeron.

Level a jack so that kulachkovy capture of an elevating paw (And) covered a longeron edge, and a mobile heel (In) rested all surface against the basis.

Rotation of the handle of a jack lift the car to a separation from the earth of a faulty wheel.

Under the wheels which have remained on the earth, enclose wedges to exclude car moving. Do not rely on the parking brake. At performance of some repair work the parking brake is released.

Reference points for the lift and the garage lift

Points of support in front. Are on vertical strengthening of the bottom beam at label height for an onboard jack. Strengthening of the bottom beam should be in the center of a basic plate of the lift.

Points of support behind. Are on vertical strengthening of the bottom beam around a stamped label (the shooter on an illustration) for an onboard jack. Strengthening of the bottom beam should be in the center of a basic plate of the lift.

Towage

General comments

Requirements of "Traffic regulations" concerning towage should be observed.

The towing cable should be elastic not to damage both cars. It is necessary to use only a cable from synthetic fibers or similar elastic materials. However it is safer to use a towing bar!

It is necessary to watch constantly that did not arise it is inadmissible a big tension, and at the same time there was no considerable resistance to a car kacheniye.

At car towage on edge of a dirt road always there is a danger of demolition on a roadside.

Before trying to start the engine towage, it is necessary to use whenever possible the storage battery of other car for engine start – address to appropriate section.

Both drivers should know features of driving at the towage, stated below, and to have sufficient experience. Inexperienced drivers should not be at a wheel of any, other car.

When using a towing cable the driver of the towing car should at a troganiye from a place and gear shifting especially smoothly to release a coupling pedal.

The driver of the towed car should watch that the towing cable was constantly tense.

On both cars external light devices according to "Traffic regulations" should be switched on.

Ignition should be included the wheel was not blocked, and it was possible to include if necessary the turn index, a sound signal, screen wipers and stekloomyvatel.

The amplifier of a drive of working brake system executes the function only at the working engine therefore at the switched-off engine it is necessary to press much more strongly when braking a brake pedal.

As at the idle engine the amplifier of a wheel does not function, at turns it is necessary to make bigger effort a steering wheel.

In the absence of oil in AT it is necessary to tow the car only with the hung-out driving wheels.

Models with AT and a full drive: Car towage with the lifted lobbies or back wheels is not allowed.

Models with RKPP and a full drive: If the car is towed with the lifted lobbies or back wheels, speed of towage should not exceed 50 km/h, and the distance of towage should not exceed 50 km.

Models with automatic transmission

Key in the switch of ignition turn in situation 2.

Transfer the AT selector lever to the situation "N".

Maximum speed of towage: 50 km/h.

Maximum range of towage: 50 km.
Non-compliance maximum or ranges of towage can lead speeds to transmission damage.

On big distances or in case of transmission damage towage is allowed only with the hung-out driving wheels.

At towage with the lifted forward bridge or control of the parking brake at the stand for test of brakes the engine should be switched off. Otherwise, owing to activization of brakes by electronic protivozanosny system (ESP), there will be a damage of brakes of the back bridge.

Installation towing cables/bars

Forward towing eye

Take a towing eye from a set of the onboard tool, at the left in an aperture for a spare wheel.

Disconnect a cover (1). For this purpose press a thumb in the bottom of, around a pad (2) and press fingers above a little, having released a cover (clips spring).

Screw an eye in a carving opening against the stop by hand, then insert sideways into an eye a screw-driver or a wrench for a wheel and tighten an eye.

After completion of towage put an eye in a set of the onboard tool.

Connect a cover a pad (2) below, press it from above and thus fix it.

Back towing eye

Execution 1: Screw a back towing eye the same as a lobby.

Execution 2: The towing eye is welded from below under a bumper.

Emergency start of the car by towage

On models from AT - it is impossible.

For an exception of damages of the catalytic converter it is not allowed to start the car at the warm engine by towage or pushing.

Previously try to start the engine by means of the storage battery of other car.

Models with the petrol engine can be towed for the purpose of engine start on distance no more than 50 m since otherwise there is a danger of damage of the catalytic converter.

Previously try to start the engine by means of the storage battery of other car.

Models with the petrol engine can be towed for the purpose of engine start on distance no more than 50 m since otherwise there is a danger of damage of the catalytic converter.

Before towage include 2 or the 3rd transfer, press and hold a coupling pedal.

Include ignition.

Slowly include coupling if both cars started to move.

As soon as the engine was started, press a pedal of coupling and switch off transfer not to run into pulling car.