1984 4k - no start

[Cody Forbes]

PS. I've hot nearly no experiance with non-turbo 5cyl engines so I  
can't be certain, but IIRC they do not die because the breather system  
has a restrictor in it that prevents a total loss of metering vacuum.

-Cody (mobile)

On Aug 13, 2009, at 10:45 PM, L DC <ldc007usa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I own two VW QSWs, '85 & '87, which as you know share the same  
> engine tranny as in the 4KQ and engine still runs fine with either  
> the oil cap off on the valve cover or dip stick out.
>
> Earlier this year someone commented that on Audis' MC1 and MC2  
> engine codes
> the car would run poorly if at all if the dipstick was either loose  
> or off.
>
> I could not believe it so just for the heck of it, the next day I  
> went to test that theory on my '86 Audi 5KTQ.
>
> Indeed, while running at idle speed even after warmed up, if I took  
> the dipstick out enough for seal in it to loose contact the engine  
> started sputtering a few seconds before it quit.
>
> The same resulted when I remove the oil cap off of the valve conver.
>
> I guess that's normal. Any reason for it to quit under such scenarios?
>
>
> -Regards,
>
> -Louis
>
>
> --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
>> Subject: Re: 1984 4k - no start
>> To: "Louis-Alain Richard" <larichard at plguide.com>
>> Cc: "'Bares, Vittorio'" <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>, quattro at audifans.com
>> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 10:10 PM
>
>> Not on that engine, no.
>>
>> There's a turbo engine (or a few) that runs badly if at all
>> with the
>> dipstick out.
>>
>> Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
>>> I doubt it, unless it miss a huge section. But let's
>> ask the list, they know
>>> better than me...
>>>
>>> List, could an air leak from a worn valve cover gasket
>> be enough to prevent
>>> hot start ?
>>>
>>> Louis-Alain
>>
>> -- 
>> Huw Powell
>>
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>>
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