1990 80 Q Questions

[Lundy, Andrew]

Hey Thomas,

Congrats on the purchase.  Hopefully it will work out as well as mine has.

>-The engine temp gauge does not work- heard this is common in the 80/90
>series.  Temp sending unit?

Usually all that is required is cleaning the sensor connector that runs to
your temp gauge.  I usually clean it with electric contact cleaner (although
WD40 will work in a pinch).  Clean the connector terminals and the sensor
terminals.  It also helps if you scrub them with something.  Let dry and
re-connect.....you can re-connect earlier but the gauge won't work until the
connector has dried out.  Here's the connector I'm speaking of...

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dewlundy/Audi/TSLocation.jpg

I've fixed two temp gauges using this method.  Requires a cleaning about
once a year to keep it working.

>-Shifter is a bit notchy and loose feeling, kind of wobbles- is there a
>rebuild type fix?

Mine does that too.  But I ignore it, then again that's just me!!

P.S.  Turn your e-mails to plain text instead of HTML format!! (Thanks)

Good Luck with your car!!
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Andrew Lundy
90 80q - 216k miles
99 A6q 


-----Original Message-----
From: Turse, Thomas (CORP, GEAccess) [mailto:Thomas.Turse at geaccess.com]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:55 AM
To: 'quattro at audifans.com'
Subject: 1990 80 Q Questions


Hey all!  Just purchased a 1990 80 Q- seems like a really nice car, but I
need input on a couple of things:

-The engine temp gauge does not work- heard this is common in the 80/90
series.  Temp sending unit?

-Shifter is a bit notchy and loose feeling, kind of wobbles- is there a
rebuild type fix?

Is a really clean car otherwise, hopefully it will be a good one.

TIA,

Thomas Turse
Denver, CO