4kq got towed without dollies ... advice?

[Mihnea Cotet]

Um, well, it's out of spec considering Audi's recommendations but I still
think it didn't suffer... anyone else has experience with similar facts?
As for the engine "death", it might be the very infamous fuel pump relay...
or the timing belt if the engine sounds "loose" when trying to start it...

Mihnea

At 14:05 16/01/2003 -0800, Bob H. wrote:
>I should have mentioned these two items.
>
>The car was towed about 25 miles, mostly highway.  As for the driver's
>speed, the limit is 65mph.  I would guess that most of the drive was in
>excess of 50mph.
>
>Thanks for the info.
>
>-Bob
>
>--- Mihnea Cotet <mik at info.fundp.ac.be> wrote:
> > Bob,
> >
> > A non-torsen car (yours obviously) cannot have any damage at all if
> > towed
> > with the center diff unlocked for less than 50 miles at a speed lower
> > than
> > 50 mph of memory serves.
> >
> > So don't worry, it has more than probably no damage at all!
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Mihnea
> >
> >
> >
> > At 13:39 16/01/2003 -0800, Bob H. wrote:
> > >My '85 4000 quattro died on me today in a parking lot and would not
> > start
> > >back up.  This just a couple days after replacing plugs, wires,
> > >distributor cap, and rotor (and having it run better for those couple
> > days
> > >than it has since I bought it).
> > >
> > >Anyway, to my point.  I called a towing company and specifically said
> > that
> > >the car was AWD, and needed to be towed with a flatbed.  I was told it
> > >would take probably 2 hours to get a flatbed out, so I left the keys in
> > it
> > >and asked that it be towed to my house in my absence (it's 19 degrees
> > out
> > >and snowing heavily ... I didn't feel like standing around waiting).
> > >
> > >The car showed up at my house being TOWED by a flatbed.  That's right,
> > >rear wheels in the air, fronts rolling ... behind a perfectly good (but
> > >empty) flatbed.  The driver said he didn't think it was AWD (although
> > it
> > >seems odd that they would send a flatbed for a non-AWD car).  He "saw
> > the
> > >driveshaft and figured it was RWD".  According to my owner's manual,
> > the
> > >car MUST be towed with all 4 wheels off the ground.
> > >
> > >I've already called the company and was told "when [I] get it started,
> > >call [them] if [I] am having any problems".  This brings me to my
> > >question.  Should I expect to immediately have symptoms from this?  How
> > >should I proceed?  I feel like they must have significantly shortened
> > the
> > >life of my center diff, whether it fails tomorrow or next year.  Anyone
> > >have this experience and do something about it?
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any advice.  I used google.com and didn't find
> > >anything particularly applicable.
> > >
> > >-Bob Hodgeman
> > >  '85 4ksq
> > >
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