ATH

I have a DTS, but in pretty much every gear (obviously lower gears being worse) I have a decent amount of slop, meaning when I get on and off throttle there is a pull on the driveline. There are no noise associated with this pull, or surge, but it's quite annoying when coming into a corner or something and letting off the throttle to brake, and then getting back on the throttle coming out of the corner.

I drove my GF's mom's 325i and it had absolutely none of this, I could even get off and on throttle in 1st with no surging. Why is the S4 so sloppy?

-M3=Lunch-

get a snub or somesing.,....rs4 tranny and motor mounts

P. Bauer

maybe your engine or tranny mounts are FUBAR'd?

vonSol::kinkS4

to replace the "total" of my former '01.5 Black s4. The Black s4 didn't have a DTS. The Imola shifts much smoother with MUCH LESS slop. Although it might still have some reminence of rubberiness, but I think a short shifter would solve that.

Point being: DTS eliminates much of the drivetrain slack/slop but nothing is perfect. Improved 90%.

'01 S4 Kid

OT: which would you rather have, if forced to make a choice between the sway bar and DTS?

Woland

isnt that common on sloppy seconds?

EE:OutofBounds

guess no sport package this time...did u buy it from a private seller?

davenew

I have the same problem and it's the rear diff rubber mount. I can move it up and down by hand very easily.

ATH

Inspected all my mounts recently, looked fine. It's not bad at all, but it's present

ATH

Hmm, could be... I'll take a peek, thanks.