4000s TURBO diesel???

[Per Lindgren]

Ti Kan wrote:

> 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.

So it is the A/C that gives the car two radiators? No wonder I never saw this here,
as A/C was only on imported Yankee barges here in those days.

>
>
> > > 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

When will I ever learn wether A is 80 or 81? I stumble on that one every time there
is a question on VIN's.

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

The Type 81 80 and 90 TDs are rare here as well. The diesel craze hadnt really
started in those days.

>
>
> > > 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.

And the 4kq was sold in the old form in both 83 and 84 in Europe, before the facelift
in 85. As you said, no difference between fwd or 4wd, just model year changes.

PerL