$9 VW Passat 1998-2001 & Audi A4 1996-2001 (Chilton’s Total Car Care Repair Manuals)
The Chilton Total Car Care series continues to lead all other do-it-yourself automotive repair manuals. These manuals offer do-it-yourselfers of all levels TOTAL maintenance, service, and repair information in an easy-to-use format. VW Passat & Audi A4 features simple step-by-step procedures for engine overhaul, chassis electrical, drive train, suspension, steering, and more.
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Created: Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at 3:30 am
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Works for brake jobs and the like, but if you are going to do real stuff like the timing belt, get the factory manual.
This manual is very poor for Audi’s. It’s obviously set of primarily for VW’s, and contains many errors for Audi’s.
I bought this guide specifically to replace an oxygen sensor in the car. While this book is full of loads of good information on my car, they only had the location of the sensor for the other models, so I still don’t know where to find mine. So while it looks useful, it didn’t accomplish the first task I bought it for.
The book is ok as a rough guide/what to look out
but for something simple e.g. instructions for simple
change of a front headlamp the book indicated total removal
of the headlamp unit on my ‘98 A4. Fortunately I
remembered to the dealership service advice that
I simply had to pop off a plastic cap behind the
headlamp, undo a clip, unplug the old bulb and replace
it – took less than 5 minutes – good thing I did not
follow the book!
Overpriced too.
The book explains pretty simple car repair jobs and includes some indepth types of repair. It has some pictures, but they might use one picture for 4 different types of repair. If you are just wondering how to preform basic car maintenance this book is for you.