Hey guys, my friend ask me to post her car up as she is trying to sell it.

Its a 1987 Audi 5000s w/auto transmission. The car is in great shape except for the brakes and exhaust. I have not had a good look over the car recently but she had it inspected and the shop told her that her brakes were toast and they want $1200 or something rediculous to fix them, also they said her exhaust needed repair. She just bought a new car so she wants to get rid of the Audi as she can't afford to put any money into it.

She is asking $500 for it, it has been very well maintained with regular oil changes and is a very reliable vehicle, if anyone is interested in it shoot me a pm and I will get you in contact with her.

Thanks alot

Jon

1200 for brakes? lol!

yea pretty sleezy eh, i took the car out for a drive today, exterior is in great shape, no rust except for a touch of surface rust on the inside of the front pass wheel well, a little smaller then a dime. The car has a few quirks to her(minor mostly trim and lock related) engine is quite, pulls nicely, doesnt drip oil from what i can tell other than the valve cover gasket.

Brakes are usable but definately need to be replaced, they aren't unsafe- yet.

I read over the inspection sheet, the exhaust problem is apparently manifold related but i am doubtful they really took a look at it.

what *EXACTLY* needs to be replaced on the brakes? And this possible exhaust manifold issue, how difficult might it be to fix?

(I have a friend who is in need of a new car)

Discs, pads and a cleaning of the calipers usually sets you back 100 bucks if I do it, and I've done 4 audi 5000's brakes now even the crazy quattros

The manifolds crack and leak, so under full acceleration it sounds a little louder than stock, nothing bad - if there is a cracked or broken flange, a little welding can usually fix that up.

Audi 5000s are great cars, reliable, strong - I like them alot

- R

I dont think i'd really want to weld a manifold....the cast iron doesn't like anything except for really high nickel content rods

If it's nodular iron (like most European manifolds) it welds up pretty nicely. I've never welded a manifold but I've welded to a number of redblock blocks & none of them took any special treatment.

there we go, back to my dark corner.

Pfft, don't be like that, Andy - you're probably right, in that they prefer high nickel rod. I'm just saying that I've had success welding non-structural stuff to a cast iron block, as have others. Lots of people say that cast iron can't be welded properly without x rod, but I think in reality it's quite possible to patch it up (assuming good quality cast iron).

clean it, weld it, clean it again, weld again - I patched some Audi exhaust mani stuff with my lame lil mig before - worked like a charm

front needs rotors and pads, the back i am unsure about as the sheet said that they didnt appear to be working so it may need new calipers, but when i drove it the brakes seemed to stop well other than a pulsating feedback on the pedal.


as for the manifold i am unsure as to what exactly is wrong, i put it close to full throttle a couple times and it didnt sound overly loud so i doubt there is much wrong on that end

mmkay. I threw the link to this thread to my friend, let's see if he notices it

oh, stick or auto?

autotragic

I just read the topic again...saying its auto...good god i'm going retarded. Don't feel bad...my lass is auto too...(tis the only thing wrong with her....well...that and the creaky suspension, oil leak near the turbo, demon posession of the door closed ding and the light out light....umm...lol)

Is this car still available?