Plugs for Sport Quattro

[Kneale Brownson]

Yeah, fine, etc....  What about the third or fourth owner of a car that 
someone previously threw out all the stuff that rattled in the trunk so it 
would sound better.  Or removed because they liked the tools and wanted 
them in their VW Thing.   Will a regular spark plug socket on an extension 
bar work?



At 10:51 PM 02/14/2001 -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>At 9:46 PM -0500 2/13/01, ccohen5 at compuserve.com wrote:
>
>>  Is it "another" special tool?
>
>Not nearly.  Every single 20vt model Audi has ever made, to my knowledge, 
>comes with the tool necessary for spark plug removal because the plugs are 
>smack in the middle of the head and buried quite some distance down.
>
>Grab the tire iron out of the trunk.  Look at the end of the straight part 
>of the handle; should be a spark-plug sized socket complete with rubber 
>bushing to grab the stalk of the plug.
>
>This shop obviously hasn't seen many 20 valve turbo cars(200q20v's or 
>S4/S6's) or they would know this immediately...much less a Sport 
>Quattro.  Such a car is far to rare to give to such goofballs.  Take your 
>business elsewhere.
>
>Unless of course I'm the idiot and there is something unique about the 20v 
>head in the sport q, or it doesn't come with a tire iron :-)
>
>My acid test for whether a mechanic is 20vt saavy involves popping the 
>hood and commenting about low boost problems.
>
>Failing mechanics will point to the atmospheric test port and say, "hey, 
>there's your problem right there!"  Bzzzt!  Thanks for playing :-)
>
>
>Brett
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