1982 Audi 5Ks

[Ti Kan]

Tom Ferretti writes:
> I just recently purchased a 1982 Audi 5Ks.  The car had sat for several yea=
> rs without the benefit of being started.  When I got the car home I changed=
>  all the fluids, drained the gas tank, new plugs, wires, cap and so on.  Th=
> e car ran great.....for 5 hours.  I parked it back in the garage, the next =
> morning I couldn't get it to fire.  Once I did, I had to keep feathering th=
> e gas to keep it running.  Still it ran very rough.  It was suggested that =
> I cleaned the injectors with a heavy dose of cleaner...did that.  Still I c=
> an't keep the car running.

Probably an air leak in the intake system.  The rubber in the intake
hoses are undoubtedly old and hardened, and the 5 hour drive was enough
to cause one or more of them to crack.

-Ti
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