quattro digest, Vol 1 #4068 - 17 msgs

[Larry C Leung]

Ron,

You need to buy a "crows foot" of appropriate size (forgot what that is,
17mm?)
It's basically an open end wrench head with a socket to mount to a torque
wrench,
of which a 3/8" square drive would be most appropriate for this low a
torque. You
fit it to your torque wrench and then set the torque wrench to a lower
setting determined
by the following proportion.

Torque desired/torque setting = wrench length with crowsfoot/wrench
length

You want you setting to be LESS than the spec.

Example (greatly exaggerated):

Torque required 10 Nm

Wrench length 1 m

Wrench with crowsfoot 1.3 m.

10/x  = 1.3 / 1.0

x = 7.7 Nm (what you set your wrench for)

HTH!

LL - NY






> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:17:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: knock sensor code MCII engine help
> To: quattro at audifans.com
>
>   Listers,
>
>   I just put the check engine light bulb in the IP and
> of course I've got a code waiting for me it's
>  code 2142 Knock Sensor I,
>  know the Bentley saies tightening torque of 7lbs how
> do I do that? with an open end wrench and guess?
>  No way to put a ratchet set up on it with the wire
> running through the center. Or should I just replace
> it?
>  There's been no power decrease but I am running an IA
> stageII chip and 2.0 bar spring. And the gas is going
> away to quick for my taste but I thought that the chip
> was sucking up the rest of the gas I thought I should
> be wasting with the additional HP.
>  Any BTDT out there for me?
>  Car is obviously a 90 200tqa with an MCII engine.
> Thanks
> Ron
> 90 200tqa 211k IA stageII,2.0 bar,20V rear brake
> upgrade