Introduction

[Matt Suffern]

Thanks for the welcomes, guys.  And I appreciate the links to the resources, too.  I've been to a few, but I'll definitely commit them all to memory (or at least bookmark them  :o)

Changed the oil in the car yesterday.  I think it was the easiest oil change I've ever done, bar none.  Quite a pleasant experience.

The car runs great except for a few things...  It's got the standard electrical gremlins that plague these cars, i.e. intermittent dash lights at night, switches, and a nice 12V drain on the battery with the ignition off.  But I think with a little fuse pulling to isolate the short and rooting around with a screwdriver, multimeter, and dielectric grease, I should be able to take care of most of the issues.

The other issue seems to be a fuel starvation problem.  The previous owner assured me that the fuel pump had been replaced recently, but under hard cornering and at WOT the car stumbles, and even dies if I keep on it.  While cornering it almost feels like the fuel is sloshing around in the tank, away from the pickup, causing gaps in fuel delivery.  Anyone had a similar problem?  Ideas?  I'm inclined to think fuel filter.

Thanks again, guys.

Best,

Matt S.
Chapel Hill, NC
'86 4kq
'88 1JZ Supra
'72 240Z


--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:21:42
From: Alan Pritchard <apritchard at seaeye.com>
To: "'msuffern at lycos.com'" <msuffern at lycos.com>
Cc: 

>Nice car!!! Looks well kept!! And welcome.....
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Alan Pritchard,
>Network administrator.
>
>Seaeye Marine LTD.
>+44 (0)1329 289000
>www.Seaeye.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: 	Matt Suffern [mailto:msuffern at lycos.com] 
>Sent:	20 January 2004 16:04
>To:	quattro at audifans.com
>Subject:	Introduction
>
>Hi all,
>
>New owner here.  My new car's an '86 4000cs Quattro w/97K miles.  Pictures
>are here:
>
>http://www.unc.edu/~msuffern/audi/audi1.jpg
>
>and here:
>
>http://www.unc.edu/~msuffern/audi/audi7.jpg
>
>and here:
>
>http://www.unc.edu/~msuffern/audi/audi9.jpg
>
>I'm evidently the third owner, and the first owner took really good care of
>it.  Drives beautifully.
>
>Pleased to meet you all.  The car does have a few issues, but I figured I'd
>make an introductory post before I launched into the questions.
>
>Cheers
>
>Matt Suffern
>'86 4kq
>Chapel Hill, NC
>
>
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