Junkyard curiosities

[Dr. Ian McArthur]

I think all Canadian 5TQs have the dual washer bottle.  We have four of
these cars and all have this feature.  There is an extra button on the left
side stalk to operate the extra washer.  The special Audi intense washer
fluid is also stocked by dealers in Canada.

Other differences are in the engine air intake trumpet. a set of child seat
anchors in the back parcel shelf and the metric instruments.

These Canadian cars are badged "5000CD."

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Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 6:39 PM
To: Wallace White
Cc: Bay Area Audi List; Quattro List
Subject: Re: Junkyard curiosities


Wallace White writes:
> There's an '85 5kt
> ...
> That same car had some curious features. Its instrument cluster had the
> metric markings on temp and fuel, plus a French "sans plomb" warning,
> but the speedo was MPH. Were the Canadian cars this way?

Yes, Canadian cars have temp and fuel gauges with legends.  They're
supposed to also have KM/h speedos, perhaps the speedo had been replaced
with a US-spec unit.

> Also, the throttle position switch was replaced with two, generic
> lever-arm switches on a plate. The whole assembly looked _almost_ mass
> produced...

This is how the KH engine throttle switches are.  The MC engines have
the more "integrated" switch.

> Also, the throttle didn't have a cable directly attached to it, like the
> MC. Instead, it had a long link, connected to a right-angle pivot
> mounted on that ground plate at the back of the intake manifold (got to
> start bringing the digital camera). Nothing was attached to the ball
> joint on the other end of this right-angle pivot. Is that how the KH was
> done?

Yes.

> Finally, the windshield washer bottle had two compartments: a main one
> plus a smaller one for concentrated fluid. Labelled as an Audi part.
> What's going on here?

Don't know about that one.  Perhaps it's an optional feature (heavy duty
winter package?)

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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