Smoking Audi

[Kent McLean]

Mark J. Besso wrote:
> Car in question 1986 5000 Turbo Quattro Avant with @ 238K miles.
> As of this morning I'm getting a small waft of white smoke from 
> under the left side of the dashboard whenever the key is in the 
> "run" position.  

Since you have had smoke, crawl under the dash and look for the
burnt wires.  It may be a connection that has corroded to the
point where its resistance is enough to overheat the wiring.

Once you find the burnt wires, you can then narrow the problem
down to the specific circuit.

My fiancee's son lost his/my '89 200 TQ to what we think was
the HVAC blower motor possibly freezing and the resulting load
overheated the wiring, causing a fire.

--
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke