Under Reading coolant gauge on I5 100

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Sun Nov 4 21:43:46 EST 2001


It was delinquent of me not to point out that the "aftermarket" would
probably also be a much cheaper source for the item than the dealer!
Thanks Kneale.

> FPR for my 200q20vt $19 from TPC.  Is the less complex car's FPR more costly?
>
> At 08:13 PM 11/04/2001 -0500, Huw Powell wrote:
>
> > >     PS I was looking at getting a spare FPR for my car, just for backup
> > as I
> > > see from the list they fail from time to time.
> > >     However when I found the dealer wanted GBP 61 for one I thought I
> > may as
> > > well just make up a jumper lead for that contingency. Am I right in
> > thinking
> > > your site has tips on that? I looked a while back and couldn't immediately
> > > find it.
> >
> >nah, I don't think it is there, explicitly at least.
> >
> >Just buy an in line fuse holder that comes in a loop of wire, at least
> >16 AWG, and that fits whatever spare fuses you can count on having on
> >board.  Cut the loop, add two male spades (the big size would be nice,
> >but .250" works fine in emergencies), add a fuse to start with, 10 or 15
> >A should be fine, and store in trunk.
> >
> >Alternatively you could use a junkyard FPR that works as a spare, or one
> >that doesn't as a frame to build your fuse protected jumper.
> >
> >Replace jumper ASAP, of course, as it removes all FPR based safety
> >devices (rev limit, cutoff on stalling/accident, overboost, etc.)
> >
> >--
> >Huw Powell
> >
> >http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
> >
> >http://www.humanthoughts.org/
> --

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Huw Powell

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http://www.humanthoughts.org/



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