80Q rear clunking

[Lloyd McClelland]

Hi Mike   I don't know what you've checked for rear clunking... but when I
had rear clunking in the 80q it turned out it was one of rubber exhaust
hangers was split, there is not much clearance there, split again replaced 3
different ones clunking went away... Lloyd
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From: JagerBond at aol.com <JagerBond at aol.com>
To: briano_72 at yahoo.com <briano_72 at yahoo.com>; quattro at audifans.com
<quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Friday, March 07, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: 80Q rear clunking


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>Too bad to hear about your 1993 90 -- I actually owned one from 1999-2001
>then sold to a good friend who's taking care of it now.   I love that V6 --
>Have you ever had any experience with the throttle body upgrade?   I've
been
>trying to convince my friend he needs it.
>
>About the 80Q   - well I bought for $650 with dented driver side doors.   I
>was lucky to source them in the same color out of Eureka and get them
shipped
>to San Diego.   I noticed that the front was pretty low and bottomed out
>sometimes.   After sourcing new fronts in LA for $150, I luckily got a deal
>from the guy who I bought the doors from for his Eibach pros and new Boge
>shocks for $200.   So what I found when pulling it apart was: Someone cut
the
>front springs, front strut mounts worn out, rear shocks of some brand I
never
>heard of (KYOB?) and front strut mounts in the rear strut mount location.
>The seller had spoke of the performance suspension.   performance upgrade
or
>downgrade?   Sounds fishy, but all is well now.   Thanks again for your
help.
>
>did some more research and I have a new threory ... when i downshift or go
>over bumps i get a short exhaust leak along with the clunking, now I am
>begining to think that one of the tranny or motor mounts is bad causing the
>motor movement and cause the exhaust leak, and possible the clunking noise
>near or behind the driver.   I will check the CV, thanks for the help
>
>Mike Bond
>89 80Q (project)
>83 URQ #474
>