A4 owners question
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Racer
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A4 owners question
How much does your A4 "creep" in gear at idle???
I have a '98 that idles around 750 and I have to keep a good amount of brake pressure to keep it from moving even on a slight incline. If I let it go it will get up to about 25MPH. Is this about normal??
I have a '98 that idles around 750 and I have to keep a good amount of brake pressure to keep it from moving even on a slight incline. If I let it go it will get up to about 25MPH. Is this about normal??
Racer
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Sounds a little fast!
I just took mine out on our street which is flat and level and when I let off the gas in drive it went up to about 6-7 mph and continued at that speed and reverse is about the same. My car has the performance axle ratio, which I don't know if that makes any difference.
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
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Mine gets up to 13-15mph if I just let off the brakes. When i'm going down the road on a city street, pretty level, if I let go off the gas at about 27mph, it will do about 25 while idling in another gear othen than 1st. It's 2nd or 3rd, idk?
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My idle in drive is ~600 if I take my foot of the brake while in drive on level ground it will creep a little, never really tested to see how fast it will go. On a steep hill I have no forward motion on a slight incline it will creep a little. I have 3:15's in the rear.
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Mine changes all the time. On slight inclines it will still creep usually but never 25mph, not even when level. Maybe 5-10mph when level and 2-4mph when on a very slight incline. I almost find it more amazing that on a large incline it will sometimes stay still and not roll backwards.
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Mine changes all the time. On slight inclines it will still creep usually but never 25mph, not even when level. Maybe 5-10mph when level and 2-4mph when on a very slight incline. I almost find it more amazing that on a large incline it will sometimes stay still and not roll backwards.
For the record OP, I have the 2.73 axle and in drive it creeped about 6-7mph.
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25 mph seems awful high to me. I know mine doesn't get that fast when at idle and no brakes being applied. I'd say mine gets about 8 mph or so.