quattro Digest, Vol 1, Issue 23 - filling a 4KQ

[Larry C. Leung]

Robert,

Distinct possibility that the rubber connector hose from the filler to 
the tank may be collapsing after all of these years. If you smell gas
fumes in the trunk, that filler hose may also be starting to weep, 
leak, too. It's rubber and the car is old, check this out. 

LL - NY


> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:22:42 +0000
> From: "Robert Mangas" <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 4kq fueling- tank vent help?
> To: mswanson at sonitrol.net
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <Sea2-F54yzu23LiC1h100000a36 at hotmail.com>
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> 
> 
>   That _used_ to work for me too, but today I got no joy.  I'll mess 
> with it 
> at some point and see if there's anything to be done.  Thanks for 
> the reply!
> 
> Robert
> 
> >From: Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net>
> >Reply-To: mswanson at sonitrol.net
> >To: Robert Mangas <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
> >CC: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: 4kq fueling- tank vent help?
> >Date: 24 Nov 2003 13:10:21 -0500
> >
> >
> > >    It's always been a fun experience, putting gas in the 4kq.  
> Always 
> >had to
> > > run the handle at the slowest speed, and even then it would 
> often cut 
> >off
> > > from the splash long before the tank was full.
> > >
> > >   Seems worse, lately-  I can't even lock the handle or it'll 
> cut off 
> >right
> > > away, and my old favorite trick of putting the nozzle in upside 
> down 
> >doesn't
> > > help.
> > >
> > >   Is there a remedy for this?  I suspect inadequate venting, but 
> I guess 
> >it
> > > could just be that the filler neck to the tank is too twisty.  
> Doesn't
> > > explain the seeming change in behavior though...
> >
> >
> >can't really explain the behavior for you, but I do have a remedy.
> >
> >Put the handle in the 12 o'clock position (eg the hose pointing
> >upwards).  Never had a problem once I started doing that.
> >
> >
> 
> >--
> >-Marc
> >87' 4ktq
> >88' 90q
> >www.mswanson.com/audi
> >
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:27:50 EST
> From: ScottyCBoy at aol.com
> Subject: Re: Sticky autobox
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> 
> In a message dated 11/24/03 9:40:19 AM Central Standard Time, 
> apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu writes:
> 
> 
> > Gary Brown <ovalking at yahoo.com> asked...
> > 
> > >it sometimes does not want to shift out of 1st gear.
> > 
> > Is there any pattern?
> > I've experienced this about 3 of times (in the last 10
> > years!) and each occasion was just after I'd topped up
> > the ATF and it was cold. Not investigated any further
> > as it's been fine for ages.
> > 
> 
> Same thing happened to an old 5000 I had. When cold it would stick 
> in first 
> gear until readline. It lasted about 2-4 miles every morning. It did 
> it real 
> bad when it was really cold. I cleaned the valve body and that would 
> cure it for 
> a few thousand miles. I even removed some of the 1st gear pistons 
> and lightly 
> sanded them with real fine sandpaper. That seemed to have fixed the 
> problem 
> as it worked well after I sold it.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:50:24 -0600
> From: "Tom Vandervoort" <tvandervoort at msn.com>
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Nokian Hakkapallita source in Wisconsin
> To: <CaptMagu at aol.com>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>,
>         <quattro at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <AIEEJGHINKIOMJCOIJDJKEGBCAAA.tvandervoort at msn.com>
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> 
> Hap:  Great to meet you and that green machine at the Nationals.  It 
> goes,
> guys, whistle and all.  You represent Evergreen, er, Everboost, 
> well.
> Thanks for the testimonial re the Hakka WR's on your trip back to 
> CO.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: CaptMagu at aol.com [mailto:CaptMagu at aol.com]
>   Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 11:30 PM
>   To: tvandervoort at msn.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; 
> quattro at audifans.com
>   Subject: Re: [s-cars] Nokian Hakkapallita source in Wisconsin
> 
> 
>   Tom
> 
>   Good to meet you at the Nationals. The company you want is Greer
> Enterprises, 414-545-2292, 800-325-2598. I am very happy with the 
> new Nokian
> tire the WR that replaced the NRW. I just got back to CO and these 
> tires did
> a fabulous job in the near blizzard conditions in WY on I-80.
> 
>   Hap, safely back in Everboost, Maguire
> 
> 
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