Type 85 cruise control

[Huw Powell]

> Anybody else out there have their cruise controls not work properly at ~40
> degrees and below?  You can set the cruise and feel the pedal "lighten"
> under your foot but doesn't seem to have enough strength to hold the
> speed.  Its really strange since the cruise controls on both my cars work
> exceptionally well in warm weather.  I would think that someone else out
> there has this problem since both my coupe and my 4kq 20v have this
> problem.
> Anyone have any ideas on what to check?

When I rebuilt my coupe's CC years ago, I selected the pump to use form
my collection of 6 or 7 by seeing which one would suck the sevoe flat
fastest.  Times ranged from 15 to 90 seconds, to "couldn't do it".

Since electrical stuff like that (motors, solenoids, etc) tend to run
worse in the cold, maybe yours is one of the tired ones.  You might also
want to check the connections to it and elsewhere in the system for good
continuity, cleanliness, etc.

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Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/cruise.htm (I think)

http://www.humanthoughts.org/