vapor lock ? 89 200tq

[Kneale Brownson]

METAL plenum?  Both my 5Kt's have PLASTIC plenums that are all broken up 
and plastic hosing that's been wrapped and rewrapped in the shadetree 
miracle fixit material ® sometimes referred to as Duct Tape.


At 09:41 PM 10/03/2000 -0400, Fred Munro wrote:

>Hi Rick;
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>Is your injector cooling fan working? This fan blows air through the metal
>plenum which sits over the valve cover to cool the injectors when underhood
>temperatures get high. It is activated by a thermoswitch. It should come on
>within a few minutes of stopping the car on a hot day.
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>HTH
>
>Fred Munro
>'94 S4  112k km
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ricksiev" <ricksiev at erols.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:32 PM
>Subject: vapor lock ? 89 200tq
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>Well I've tried the professionals, now I will try the best.
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>1989 200TQ, 168k, WAUGC5442KN098256 - 3rd owner
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>The Audi is in pretty good shape, upkeep, records etc. No great problems in
>the past (except there is always something to fix).
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>Problem:
>On warm days (75 and above) after about a 15 min drive (or longer and
>sometimes shorter) the car will not start until it has rested appox 22.5
>mins (on Tuesdays it is more like 27.5 mins) preferably with its hood open.
>This has been going on all summer and is driving me batty. I have learned to
>add an additional 20+ mins to each of my sales calls ... non chargeable.
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>I became impatient with it one day in August and turned the garden hose on
>the engine .... and it started right up .... just can not take a hose with
>me around town.
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>It runs fine when it runs, and I hope to own it for another 168k miles.
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>SO .... do you have any ideas, any BTDTs.
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>TIA
>Rick in DC
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