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Re: '88 '89 5000CSTQ/200Q Hard starting
- To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Non Receipt Notification Requested) (IPM Return Requested)
- Subject: Re: '88 '89 5000CSTQ/200Q Hard starting
- From: "Arun Rao" <rao@frisbee>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 07:45:23 -0700
- In-Reply-To: glen.powell@smc.com "Re: '88 '89 5000CSTQ/200Q Hard starting" (May 2, 8:11am)
- References: <331108020595*/PN=glen.powell/OU=notes/PRMD=smclan/ADMD=attmail/C=us/@open400.smc.com>
- Reply-To: rao@pixar.com
- Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net
On May 2, 8:11am, glen.powell@smc.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: '88 '89 5000CSTQ/200Q Hard starting
> Both my turbo Audis are "cranky" starters, the '85 ur-Q and the '87
> 5kTQW, but the '85 & '86 4000Qs I had and the '84 4000Q I have now and
> all non-turbo Audis I have known were generally instant starters. I
> always theorized that the very low compression of the turbo engines made
> them hard to light off.
>
> -glen
>-- End of excerpt from glen.powell@smc.com
My 106K '85 5KT is a "one-crank" beast -- has been ever since I
bought it a year ago. Except for once: when I changed the spark
plug wires, cap and rotor, it took so long to start that I thought
I had the wires in wrong. But it was fine after that one hard
start. To this day, I have no idea why (I think someone else
on the list experienced this symptom as well).
-Arun
--
Arun Rao
Scientist
Pixar
1001 W. Cutting Blvd.
Pt. Richmond, CA 94804
(510)215-3526