'82 Coupe power locks

[Martin Pajak]

There is a leak in the system.
The pump shuts off using high/low pressure switches, with a leak there is no
way to reach the upper and lower limits.
To test the pump simply pull the hose off and put a cap on the pump.  it
should shut off almost right away.
Looking for the leak try the flex hoses first (remember the early Coupes
have an actuator on the driver door as well socheck the hose behind the rear
seat), check the actuators next, then move onto the door jambs.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (269,000 km) Canadian spec. winter car
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (146,000 km) Euro spec. import ;o)




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> Sent: June 11, 2002 13:15
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> Every so often, about 1/3 of the time, when I try to lock the
> doors the passenger side lock doesn't engage and the compressor
> in the trunk continues to run. It usually takes a minute or two
> to go. But once it accually ran the battery down, so I kind of
> have to watch it. I can just walk over to the other door and lock
> it, but the compressor still runs. I can tell when it will and
> wont go because the compressor sounds different once it kicks in.
> Is the compressor bad? Could there be a leak in the tubing somewhere?
>