Push start

[Peter Berrevoets]

I would have to qualify this in that you must have enough juice in the
battery to run the fuel pump. I've had my 200Q suffer from dead battery
syndrome and no amount of downhill rolling would get it going.

It seems that these cars like to eat batteries. Buy a good one with a
life-time warranty, and you can count on using it every few years due to a
dead cell or two - gotta love Canadian Tire Corp.

BTW I've tried Sears DieHard and Interstate batteries as well, and they all
seem to succumb to the dreaded Q's thirst for power.

$0.02 opinion submited.

Cheers!

Peter

1990 200Q MC2
1989 200Q MC1 parts car
1987 Coupe GT 2.3
AAN 20V on shelf waiting patiently...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Mike Arman
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:52 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Cc: Efraim Gavrilovich
> Subject: Push start
>
>
>
> >Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:10:19 -0700
> >From: Efraim Gavrilovich <egav at wireless2000.com>
> >Subject: Re: Survey: type 44 break down frequency : Push start
> >To: Ero Rademer <erademer at igd.fhg.de>,
> >	Audifans Quattro Mailing List <quattro at audifans.com>
> >
> >Hi Ero,
> >After reading your letter, I can't conclude whether type 44 (5KTQ) can or
> >cannot be push started. My battery is acting up lately, so it
> would be good
> >to know.
> >Thanks,
> >Efraim Gavrilovich
>
>
>
>
> Yes, it can be.
>
> Left the lights on one evening, older battery, and after a couple of hours
> there wasn't enough left to crank the engine.
>
> A good, hard shove from another car got it going - JUST - and we really
> should have jumped it instead.
>
> Push start is a last resort - carry jumpers (good policy in any case).
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike Arman
>
>