[V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....

[too many quattros]

come to think of it, around 88,000 miles, mine had this option too.  but, i
had to do nothing.  it happened automatically.  cool thing was, all i had to
do to reset the feature was replace half the engine and a belt under the
hood.  i think the option must not be working right now as i have yet to
have this feature activate again.  :(


Shayne

PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro


> From: Maurice Greven <maurice.greven at verizon.net>
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:29:16 -0700
> To: Audi List <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
> 
> My '90 has this cylinder cut-out option(?).. When the engine is running (at
> whatever rpm) when I turn the key counter-clockwise, ALL 8 cylinders drop
> out. The beast has ABSOUTELY no power in this mode though, so it's pretty
> impractical for cruising, except downhill.
> 
> Maybe YOURS has this feature too, you just never knew about it. It WAS
> omitted from the manual. I discovered it purely by chance.
> 
> Just my experience,
> Maurice
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> too many quattros
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:09 AM
> To: ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com; v8-bounces at audifans.com;
> rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; V8 Audi Fans
> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
> 
> LMAO, i guess this heat and exhaustion hitting me here in India is taking my
> edge
> 
> 
> Shayne
> 
> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
> 
> 
>> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:56:59 +0000
>> To: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>,
> <v8-bounces at audifans.com>,
>> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>, V8 Audi Fans <V8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
>> 
>> Shayne, 
>> 
>> I believe he's implying the seller is a dufus/knuckle head, etc. Now I
> suppose
>> you could rig something up to block the signal to one of the coils if you
>> wanted to, but the injectors would still fire...  Lol.
>> 
>> Ingo Rautenberg
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: too many quattros <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
>> 
>> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:14:40
>> To:<rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>,V8 Audi Fans <V8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
>> 
>> 
>> huh????  r u serious?  i thought i knew my 3.6 in and out.  I have owned
> it
>> since 1994 and do all my own work.  i was completely unaware it had
> cylinder
>> deactivation.  
>> 
>> maybe this is a 4.2 only thing?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Shayne
>> 
>> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
>>> Reply-To: <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:19:37 -0400
>>> To: <V8 at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: [V8] I learn something every day about the V8 Quattro....
>>> 
>>> Today's treat is the Black/gray '93 V8 on eBay.
>>> 
>>> I learned from the seller of this car that it has eight cylinders but
> runs
>>> on only four on the highway.
>>> 
>>> Truly amazing automobile!
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
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