[V8] I need to talk to Shiv
Mike B
mmlk23 at bellsouth.net
Thu Jun 3 21:28:04 EDT 2004
Ola V8 listers!
I recently lost my Harddrive and all contacts therein. I need to get in
touch with "shiv" if anyone can shoot me that Email addy it will be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks,
Mike B
87.5 CGT
90 V8Q
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Today's Topics:
1. to clear codes... (QuickAudi at aol.com)
2. V8 needs tranny $800 (brittbogle at netzero.com)
3. left distributor isn't lining up CONCLUTION (Ron Wainwright)
4. Blower Motor cleansing (Roy Hall)
5. Coolant leak (hubert)
6. RE: Blower Motor cleansing (John Bysinger)
7. Re: Blower Motor cleansing (Kneale Brownson)
8. Grab Bag O' V8 Parts (Mike Ferguson)
9. Re: Blower Motor cleansing (Roy Hall)
10. FS: 90 V Quattro (Randall Markarian)
11. Hard start when wet (Charles Wurts)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:06:17 -0400
From: QuickAudi at aol.com
Subject: [V8] to clear codes...
To: v8 at audifans.com
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I can just unplug the battery like overnight, right?
Joel
'90 V8q
'86 5kcstq
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 20:23:10 GMT
From: "brittbogle at netzero.com" <brittbogle at netzero.com>
Subject: [V8] V8 needs tranny $800
To: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <20040529.132346.15903.149982 at webmail11.lax.untd.com>
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I have decided to just let my 90 V8 go. It has 210K on the clock; however,
the motor has been gone through and i have all the records to show. I have
the complete workup on the car. The transmission has let go, i have bought
another car, and do not have space for this car. I hate to sell her.. If you
can pick her up in Denver I will let you take her for $800. Paint good,
interior good, all around sound other than tranny. call me 720-839-4978
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [V8] left distributor isn't lining up CONCLUTION
To: v8 at audifans.com
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Listers,
I'd like to thank all listers who gave me advice on
how to on line up the left distributor.
After taking the valve cover off I did notice a place
to put an open end wrench on the cam & it worked like
a charm.
The car fired rite up & was very smooth.
Thanks again to everyone.
Ron
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 18:51:39 -0400
From: Roy Hall <rhall04 at comcast.net>
Subject: [V8] Blower Motor cleansing
To: v8 at audifans.com
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The Blower motor for my 91 - V8 has started to run erratically. This
car is my daily driver and performs flawlessly however now that summer
is coming I need the AC. I have read the archives and seen where some
have been able to "clean" the brushes with electric cleaner. My
problem is now that I have removed the cowl and am looking at the
blower motor - through all sorts of ac lines and electric cables and
the wiper motor. I don't see how to reach the motor nor do I see the
breather tube that needs to be removed. Anybody BTDT or have any
pictures. I also read of sending some lube into the air intake.
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Roy
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:31:04 -0700
From: "hubert" <hubert at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [V8] Coolant leak
To: "V8" <v8 at audifans.com>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I seem to have found a coolant leak that originates at the drivers side.
There is a small heat shield which covers some black plastic parts, mounted
to the side of the engine block, and as far as I can tell somewhere in there
is the leak.
Does this make sense? Does anyone know what these parts are? Could it leak
from there?
1990 V8 running with leak.
1990 V8 parts car.
Hubert van Dijk
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 18:19:25 -0700
From: "John Bysinger" <john at bysinger.net>
Subject: RE: [V8] Blower Motor cleansing
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
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I was planning on doing this again this weekend, I'd be happy to snap some
pix of it when I do. I did this about a month ago (just got a v8 this year)
and it worked like a charm for a couple weeks. But I didn't use any
electrical cleaner, just wd40, so this time around I got the cleaner and
wanted to try again.
I'll try to remember to snap pix and post urls to the list later this
weekend.
-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
Of Roy Hall
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:52 PM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] Blower Motor cleansing
The Blower motor for my 91 - V8 has started to run erratically. This
car is my daily driver and performs flawlessly however now that summer
is coming I need the AC. I have read the archives and seen where some
have been able to "clean" the brushes with electric cleaner. My
problem is now that I have removed the cowl and am looking at the
blower motor - through all sorts of ac lines and electric cables and
the wiper motor. I don't see how to reach the motor nor do I see the
breather tube that needs to be removed. Anybody BTDT or have any
pictures. I also read of sending some lube into the air intake.
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Roy
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:08:14 -0400
From: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Blower Motor cleansing
To: Roy Hall <rhall04 at comcast.net>, v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <4.1.20040529215149.00b21a88 at traverse.com>
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Intermittancy is the sign the blower motor is failing. Your best solution
is to plan on replacing it. You can "limp along" with the blower motor for
awhile, but eventually it fails altogether. Most of the time it's the
motor bearing surfaces wearing out. I've taken two Audi blower motors into
a Bosch motor service place after replacing them, and have been told both
were beyone repairing because of the wear.
If you examine the driver side of the heater core housing, up near the
front (engine end) there is a small L-shaped rubber hose that takes air
from the part of the housing that covers the fan to the back of the part of
the housing that covers the fan motor. The fan is a squirrel cage, the
motor is a smaller tubular shape. Both ends of the rubber hose are
grommet-shaped flares that seal into their respective parts of the
housings. If you disengage the end at the motor covering, you can swing it
up and not need to disengage at the blower end.
There is a photo of an upside-down heater core box on Chris Miller's
200q20v website:
http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/drivers-side-heater-box.jpg that has
some printing over where the hose would be. The printing refers to the
device that retains the blower motor in its housing. The printing obscures
where the hose probably was in the photo, but since the hose is black and
the housing is black and the photo isn't all that sharp in that area of the
image, the printing pretty much hides the hose if it ever was visible.
Remember that whatever you spray in there is going to smell up the cabin.
I kept mine going over a winter by spraying occasionally with a penetrating
oil that included some teflon. The odor wasn't all that bad, but it would
hang around for at least a week.
At 06:51 PM 5/29/2004 -0400, Roy Hall wrote:
>The Blower motor for my 91 - V8 has started to run erratically. This
>car is my daily driver and performs flawlessly however now that summer
>is coming I need the AC. I have read the archives and seen where some
>have been able to "clean" the brushes with electric cleaner. My
>problem is now that I have removed the cowl and am looking at the
>blower motor - through all sorts of ac lines and electric cables and
>the wiper motor. I don't see how to reach the motor nor do I see the
>breather tube that needs to be removed. Anybody BTDT or have any
>pictures. I also read of sending some lube into the air intake.
>Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:06:10 -0700
From: "Mike Ferguson" <mfjr at pro-ns.net>
Subject: [V8] Grab Bag O' V8 Parts
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Message-ID: <000a01c44603$d36e8ba0$bbb6c8d0 at k8v7l4>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Greetings all,
Sadly, I have to report my V8 owning days are over (for now). Thanks a
million to all the listers for over 3 years of fellowship.. Don't know what
I would've done without it?!?
I will always keep an eye out for another "special" V8... Hopefully, a 5spd
with low miles and owned by a little old lady who drove it to church on
Sundays..
Anyway, I got a bunch of my extra parts up for auction on eBay, see item #
2480617275. I'd like to get at least $75 bucks for ALL of it (that's my
reserve, shhh....)
Best,
Mike
(formerly, 90 V8 Pearl, ~160k)
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 17:33:24 -0400
From: Roy Hall <rhall04 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [V8] Blower Motor cleansing
To: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <FAE9B717-B280-11D8-95C8-000A95E89E16 at comcast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Kneale - Thanks for the pic. My Gorilla hands had trouble getting in
but once I saw the pic it all made sense. Got in cleaned it and lubed
it and it seems to be working now. Just buttoned it up and I am hoping
I get a couple of weeks out of it.
Thanks again for your quick help - I hope wont need that 55mph AC for a
few weeks.
Thanks again,
Roy
On May 29, 2004, at 10:08 PM, Kneale Brownson wrote:
> Intermittancy is the sign the blower motor is failing. Your best
> solution
> is to plan on replacing it. You can "limp along" with the blower
> motor for
> awhile, but eventually it fails altogether. Most of the time it's the
> motor bearing surfaces wearing out. I've taken two Audi blower motors
> into
> a Bosch motor service place after replacing them, and have been told
> both
> were beyone repairing because of the wear.
>
> If you examine the driver side of the heater core housing, up near the
> front (engine end) there is a small L-shaped rubber hose that takes air
> from the part of the housing that covers the fan to the back of the
> part of
> the housing that covers the fan motor. The fan is a squirrel cage, the
> motor is a smaller tubular shape. Both ends of the rubber hose are
> grommet-shaped flares that seal into their respective parts of the
> housings. If you disengage the end at the motor covering, you can
> swing it
> up and not need to disengage at the blower end.
>
> There is a photo of an upside-down heater core box on Chris Miller's
> 200q20v website:
> http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/drivers-side-heater-box.jpg that has
> some printing over where the hose would be. The printing refers to the
> device that retains the blower motor in its housing. The printing
> obscures
> where the hose probably was in the photo, but since the hose is black
> and
> the housing is black and the photo isn't all that sharp in that area
> of the
> image, the printing pretty much hides the hose if it ever was visible.
>
> Remember that whatever you spray in there is going to smell up the
> cabin.
> I kept mine going over a winter by spraying occasionally with a
> penetrating
> oil that included some teflon. The odor wasn't all that bad, but it
> would
> hang around for at least a week.
>
> At 06:51 PM 5/29/2004 -0400, Roy Hall wrote:
>> The Blower motor for my 91 - V8 has started to run erratically. This
>> car is my daily driver and performs flawlessly however now that summer
>> is coming I need the AC. I have read the archives and seen where some
>> have been able to "clean" the brushes with electric cleaner. My
>> problem is now that I have removed the cowl and am looking at the
>> blower motor - through all sorts of ac lines and electric cables and
>> the wiper motor. I don't see how to reach the motor nor do I see the
>> breather tube that needs to be removed. Anybody BTDT or have any
>> pictures. I also read of sending some lube into the air intake.
>> Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
>
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 16:27:08 -0500
From: Randall Markarian <asenna at accessus.net>
Subject: [V8] FS: 90 V Quattro
To: v8 at audifans.com
Message-ID: <4575363E-B349-11D8-BB28-000A958F5226 at accessus.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
I have a 1990 V8 Quattro I have decided to sell. I really wanted to
get around to restoring her, but it just won't happen.
It is black with a black leather interior (seats in good shape, but not
headliner) and has 140k on it. Runs but has a dead battery right at
the moment. It has been chipped by Autothority (known for their BMW
stuff mostly), has euro headlight with no cracks, and has a throttle
body from another Audi V8 (4.2 litre I think). Also mid 90's S4/s6
five spoke wheels and decent tires and Koni shocks and lowering
springs. I am in St Louis and will be donating her to charity for the
tax deduction if no one is interested. Great car for parts or a great
starting point for a project. Make me an offer (I don't want much), I
would rather see her go to an enthusiast.
Thanks
Randall
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:05:42 -0400
From: Charles Wurts <cwurts12 at mindspring.com>
Subject: [V8] Hard start when wet
To: v8newlist <V8 at audifans.com>
Message-ID: <6305013C-B3CC-11D8-9024-000A95CD7CD8 at mindspring.com>
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I apologize for not having done my homework pulling codes before asking
this question.
My 1990 beast has recently demonstrated two interesting qualities when
starting:
1. After sitting through a wet weekend, the car does not start on all
cylinders. Normally this car fires up best when cold, but the wet
aspect seems to be twist.
2. When hot, the car will start, but it doesn't seem to fire as happily
as when it is cold and dry.
I am beginning to think that the car is running richer than normal as I
am noticing more unburned fuel in the exhaust than I have in the past.
Or perhaps a cylinder or two are missing more than I am sensing?
Should I be thinking wires?
Any BTDTs appreciated as I am starting(no pun intended) would be
appreciated.
Charlie
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