[urq] (no subject)

[Pasqualoni, James E]

Mystery solved-classic.  I believe the body cavities (em, riiiight...)
were filled with hot wax to prevent water and debris from collecting and
causing corrosion.  Ain't they smaht... 

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So THAT's what it is! My relatively low mileage (74k) and even less
sun-exposed (Mostly lived in Minnesota and here in Oregon) urq STILL
gets a mystery accumulation of yellowish melted wax on the door sills
which I clean off but re-appears everytime the car gets parked outside
in the hot weather for a few days. 

Close the files on that one!


Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:04:46 -0400
From: i.rautenberg at waratap.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Dubious audifans Urq ad
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Cc: urq at audifans.com
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Taken directly from the South Africa Audi Site:

"In 1985 Audi became the first car manufacturer to introduce the
fully-galvanised car body for a major series. The practical findings
over the past ten years speak for themselves: all the available
statistical reports confirm that this measure has been a remarkable
success. The report by the German Technical Control Association (TUV),
for instance, which painstakingly lists all defects detected year after
year, awards top marks for Audi's anti-corrosion measure."

I believe this only applied to type 44 and their successor cars and then
later to the B3(1988 Models) and later cars.

85-87 Type 85 cars (except I believe the Urq) Had a wax protective
coating/dip.  I rember still cleaning the melting wax from my '85 4kq
seven years later!

Ingo
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