Distributor rotation for 1987 Audi 4000 CS Quattro

[Grant Lenahan]

Do you mean the firing order? The rotation is obvious….

It should be in the service manual.  A general overview is here:

http://themechanic.weebly.com/uploads/4/3/5/7/4357357/firing_order.pdf <http://themechanic.weebly.com/uploads/4/3/5/7/4357357/firing_order.pdf>


> On Oct 26, 2015, at 10:44 AM, David Vanden <vandendavid18 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know or have a diagram of the distributor rotation for a 1987 Audi 4000 CS Quattro?  I don't know which cylinder plug wire connects to which location on the distributor.  I tried assembling it like the old one and it continues to hesitate and to back fire horribly.  Which is why I changed the plug wires in the first place.  The timing is still all off.  
> Anyway if someone knows the arrangement please tell me.  Assuming I might have had it right the first time and it back fired anyway, does anyone know what the problem might be?  Electronic ignition?  Ignition Coil?
> Finally, if anyone has an expansion tank in good shape for this car I would like to get it.  Let me know.
> Dave
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