4000s TURBO diesel???

[Ti Kan]

Per Lindgren writes:
> What I dont understand in this car is, why does it have two radiators? One in
> the 4-cyl and one in the 5-cyl position. I know this is not correct, as I've
> seen what these cars look like under the hood before.

The car is correct.  The family album shows two radiators for the
1983 4000 turbo diesel with A/C.

> > What's more bizarre with this car is that the interior and taillights look
> > like a 4k from 81 to 84, the very early type 81s...I think Per Lindgren will
> > agree with me that this one is weird as the VIN says it's been made in
> > 1987...
>
> No, it's a D which means it's a 1984. If it was an 87 the VIN would read H.

It's a 1983.  Use Huw's VIN decoder
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/vin-decoder.htm

1983 was the only year that a turbo diesel 4000 was offered in the US,
making it quite a rare bird.

> > though maybe I'm too familiar with the 4kq's taillights and these
> > ones were only fitted to FWD cars....dunno, maybe someone has more precise
> > information on the 4000s FWD....
>
> The tail is the same as my old 1984 80 GTE quattro. OTOH it does have the front
> lights of the 85-87 model.

The tail lights are correct for pre-85 cars.  This has nothing to do with
quattro or fwd.  The only pre-85 q sedan is the '84 4000 quattro in the
US, and it also has the same old style tail lights.

The front lights and grill has been changed by the owner to the 85-87
style.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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