Help Me Preserve My Repurtation

L DC ldc007usa at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 2 18:13:53 EDT 2006


Huw, thanks again for your for reply.

-Greetings,

Louis 



--- Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> 
> > Huw, thank you for your insightful input. But now
> I
> > have a few Qs based on your reply, if I may :)
> 
> Sure, but I want to point out a coupe of things
> first.  One, I only have 
> passing familiarity with the QSW.  Two, although I
> have an '89 90Q, the 
> car in question was a 20v and might be quite
> different.  Three, the QSW 
> is going to be different from that 20v.... but
> anyway, I'll see if I can 
> at least shed light on what I already said anywhere.
> 
> > I'm almost certain the relay is there, right
> behind
> > the driver's side headlight.
> 
> There's a big difference already - the post 1985
> type 85 and 89 have the 
> relay in the underhood fusebox.  I think the
> afterrun relay is in the 
> auxiliary relay panel underdash.  As I recall, the
> QSW fusebox is quite 
> different.
> 
> >>On the QSW/4kq/cgt, the resistive drop is only
> used
> >>for the afterrun fan triggered by the sender on
> the
> >>back of the head.
> 
> Now here, obviously, I am generalizing to the QSW,
> which could be quite 
> different...
> 
> > By "restrictive drop" I guess you mean as produced
> by
> > said resistor, again in the case of my '87 QSW
> located
> > in the metal support/shroud for the fan.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Also, by the “back of the head,” do you mean the
> > sender off a little metal bracket attached to the
> rear
> > of the valve cover on the passenger side
> 
> Yes, that one.
> 
> Beyond this, I wouldn't (shouldn't) want to
> pontificate about the 
> radiator fan setup on the QSW - as a car designed to
> "work hard," a 
> wagon that one often sees with a tow hitch, it might
> be set up to cool 
> itself more aggressively than the sedans and coupes.
> 
> -- 
> Huw Powell
> 
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
> 
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
> 


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