[urq] 83 on ebay

[Andrew B]

I had a hot start problem on mine.  It was caused by heat soak to the
starter.  There was already a heat shield on the thing, but I ended up
wrapping the downpipe in thermal wrap, and that eliminated it.
Letting the car cool helped, and so did a jump.  I used to carry a
spare battery-kit and lift up the seat to jump it every time in the
summer...

To me, it seems like these are issues that should be solved on a car
worth 10k plus...hell, for a few grand more you could have (had?)
Martin's grey 3B equipped former car...if you can get it in the US.

-Andrew

On 3/4/07, formarty at comcast.net <formarty at comcast.net> wrote:
> There is an 83 ur-quattro back on ebay. This is the third time its been listed The owner says he paid 16K a year ago.
> Had a buy it now for 16K . I was high bidder at 6100 but well below the reserve. The buy it now is $ 13,500.
> Talking to the owner, he stated the only issue the car has is that after a ride that gets the engine to normal temperature the car will not re-start immediately, you have to wait 10-15 minutes before it will re-start.
> Can anyone tell me what they think the problem could be and what the cost to repair might be? My A-4 lease is up in 6 months and am thinking about an ur-quattro for a daily driver since my commute is less than 3 miles.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marty
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