1988 90Q dipstick, hunt & peck idle.

[Steve Sears]

Tom,
I guess that it wasn't a general NA I5 trait, but probably lack of a 
pollution-control measure that makes the 5k run without the oil cap.  Of 
course, it doesn't have a cat. converter, nor an oxygen sensor.  IIRC, there 
were quite a few I5's that could be run without the cap.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - had it's last e-test this year
1980 Audi 5k - had it's last e-test years ago
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - has plenty of untested e's
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> From: Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com>
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>> Cody,
>> Non-turbo I-5's...at least the WD-code one in my 1980 5k...will run just
>> fine with the oil cap off.
>
> Not the case with the 1989 100 q I recently parted with. Take the cap off,
> the car quits. Of course, I only know this because I put some oil in and
> didn't fully tighten the cap! Ooops! ;-) Car started stalling, and I
> couldn't figure it out. Cap needed to be fully tightened, even partially
> tightened wouldn't work. A bit of experimentation with the cap while the 
> car
> was running led me to always double-check it post oil changes.
>
> Tom
> 95 S6 Avant
> '87 5000 TAQ (sold to a good home, last week, much missed already)
> '89 100 q (also sold)
> '86 4000 (long gone)