4kq stranded me
Aaron Sherrick
amsk at lehigh.edu
Tue Jul 10 14:08:47 EDT 2001
Thanks all for your replies. As it turned out it was the master cylinder.
I was going to tell the mechanic to replace the slave cylinder as well (per
everyone's suggestion), but he fixed the car before I ever got a chance to
tell him what I wanted. I guess I really can't complain considering the car
was dropped off at the shop Friday after hours (they're closed all weekend),
and he had it fixed my Monday afternoon. Total damage was $250.
Aaron
'86 4kq (that shifts again)
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From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Aaron Sherrick
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:56 PM
To: Quattro List
Subject: 4kq stranded me
The title says it all. In my 5 years of ownership this is the only time
(save my one accident) that the car has left me stranded. I had been
noticing that my clutch pedal would stick about half way from the floor
after a shift. This didn't happen consistently, but it did happen several
times and then go away. So today I'm driving and this starts happening.
Then I go to shift and clutch pedal stays on the floor. I had to pull it
out with my hand. This continues for a few shifts and then finally the car
refuses to shift into gear. With the clutch pedal on the floor the clutch
was still partially engaged, so that explains why I couldn't shift. The
police came and stopped traffic for me. Then I turned the car off, got the
car into first gear, and then started the car up (with the clutch pedal on
the floor). It immediately started bucking, so I gave it gas and got the
car across the street into a parking lot. I then had the car taken away on
a rollback. By the way, why is it bad to toe a Quattro? I thought I
remembered someone saying about how it ruins the rear differential.
>From my very limited knowledge my guess is there is a problem with the
clutch slave cylinder. Maybe a hydraulic leak of some kind. What do you
guys think? And most importantly, what's it gonna cost me? Thanks.
Aaron
'86 4kq (with an attitude problem)
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