[urq] Post overhaul issue, 83 Urq

[David Ritter]

After replacing the master and slave clutch cylinders, I've spent a good
bit of time trying to get the line bled.
The pressure bleeder really didn't do the trick for me, what seemed to work
the best came from an old post,
http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/urq/2012-March/018211.html
Thanks Alan if you are still on the list.
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From: "Alan Pemberton" <alan_pemberton at telus.net>
Sender: urq-bounces at audifans.com
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:43:55
To: steven j<michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Bentley page 30.14 says use pressure bleeder for clutch

Steven

This seems to work for one person operation:

Wheel removed and corner raised to provide access to bleed screw on clutch
slave cylinder.  Attach a clear tube onto the bleed screw and direct the
tubing upwards within the engine compartment to above the height of the
hydraulic fluid reservoir and hold the tube in place with a tie-wrap.  You
could direct the end of the tube into the top of the reservoir in case any
fluid comes out.  Open the bleed screw.  A small amount of fluid will enter
the clear tube.  Push down the clutch pedal by hand - some fluid and air
will come through.  The air bubbles will rise and escape.  Repeat 3 or 4
times until there are no more air bubbles.  In my case, the fluid level
never reached the top of the tube and all air was removed.  Close bleed
screw and clean up.

Alan
85 urq


On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 7:56 PM, David Ritter <dave.ritter at gmail.com> wrote:

> As of today, my post rebuild engine issue seems to be fixed.
> The oxygen sensor had died sometime in the last couple of years while the
> car was off the road waiting for me to do the overhaul.
> With the new Oxygen sensor, it no longer stalls out when warmed up.
> Unfortunately the Audi god of misery decided to further torture me by
> eliminating my clutch hydraulics in the middle of my triumphant test drive.
> New cylinders, master and slave on the way soon...
> Thanks for all the inputs,
> Dave
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 5:03 PM, David Ritter <dave.ritter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My 83 .
>> Urq has been off the road for a couple of years waiting for me to replace
>> the head, exhaust manifold and turbo. My old exhaust manifold was cracked,
>> warped and leaking. The head had a couple of stud issues.
>> I managed to finally gather up everything I thought I would need and tore
>> it apart following the guide Phil Payne wrote up many years ago still found
>> on Audifans. The whole project really went pretty well and I only had a
>> couple of minor problems with reassembly.
>> The Water Pump, Timing Belt, Spark Plugs, Fuel Pump and Fuel filter and
>> air filter have all been changed. The injectors got new seals before going
>> back in. Most of the old gasoline was siphoned out and replaced with new
>> gasoline and some injector cleaner.
>> On cold start it seems to run perfectly normal for a few minutes, boosts
>> normal, idles smoothly.
>> Unfortunately, approaching normal operating temperature, power loss,
>> missing (feels initially like a fouled plugs), low idle and stalling out.
>> This will occur whether driven for a few minutes or just left to warm up
>> idling.
>> I've tried to go back over everything and can't figure out what got
>> messed up.
>>
>> Does this sound familiar to any of you experts?
>> Thanks for listening,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>