various hissing/air flow type noises in '88 5kcstq

[Ken Keith]

Thanks Brett, I like the style of your post.  Maybe because of the 
time you took in drafting it.  It's thorough.

Brett Dikeman <quattro at brettd.dsl.speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> At 9:57 AM -0700 12/2/00, auditude at neta.com wrote:
> >Someone was mentioning noises.  I was wondering if the noises I
> >hear when I am driving my 5kcstq are normal.  They seem to come
> >from the ECU area, and sound like there is air flowing, perhaps
> >relative to engine speed or manifold pressure.
> 
> Sounds like a popped off or broken vacuum hose somewhere in the CC 
> system, if it isn't tranny noise(see below.)

Ah so, I didn't mention it before, but my CC doesn't work.
 
I'll try the diagnosing that you described.

> >I just wanted to see if this is something I should be worried about.
> 
> any time your car starts making a noise it wasn't making before, then 
> yep, you should be curious.

I think it may have "always" been there, in the short time that I've 
been driving the car around.  I'm only just starting to get familiar 
with what normal and unusual.  It seems like such a more familiar 
car now, than it did with that first test drive when I bought it.  I 
remember the bomb was bad, and other various things.  First 
impressions can be so misleading, before you are familiar with the 
car.

> > Otherwise, maybe I'll elevate the shifter boot replacement task to
> > isolate it.  I took the boot off because the leather had shrunk and
> > would tend to want to pull the stick out of certain gears. 
> 
> Blau(www.audiquattroparts.com) has universal leather boot 
> replacements that fit lots of cars(all those with leather boots, 
> probably.)  No experience with these replacements. If you want to go 
> high-budget, there's a company called Alga(sp?) that sells 
> top-quality leather replacements.  Good call on removing the boot 
> though; even the manual tells you not to pressure the stick in any 
> direction, as it would wear the tranny.

Yeah, I think it's Alan Gunn Leather A-something.  I haven't yet 
gotten to the point that I want to buy a new boot.  Maybe I'll go 
really cheap and fashion something from a cloth/textile or craft 
store.  Seems like a material "cone" would do fine for under a few 
bucks.  I just want to keep the french fries and stuff from falling 
down in there. :-)  When I decide more on what direction I will take 
on the car, I'll do the right fix.
 
> Interesting that Audi's choices in leather has changed drastically. 
> The 5000 had paper-thin leather that immediately wore; the boot 
> collar also has weird little "guides" that resulted in cracked lines 
> around their curved edges; the 200q20v has very thick, rubber backed 
> leather that's far stiffer...but overall texture is worse.  The sides 
> look+feel different from the front/back pieces of leather.  I've 
> noticed the same thing with my bolsters; the inside bolsters are very 
> rough, like they're completely different leather than the rest of the 
> seat.  The outside bolsters look just like the rest of the seat.  How 
> odd.

I still have to condition the leather seats in my 5kcstq.

I'm excited about my new 5kt fwd parts car, because I can actually 
use more than just the motor.  Too back it won't have a shift boot.

Thanks,

Ken