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Re: Dead cruise control=vacuum leak (5ktq)

To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
Subject: Re: Dead cruise control=vacuum leak (5ktq)
From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:13:02 -0500 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <199510021358.JAA15760@coimbra.ans.net> from "Matt Bartholomew" at Oct 2, 95 10:02:00 am
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made Matt Bartholomew say:

> The cruise control on my '88 5000tq died some time back, and the cause 
> was a vacuum leak.
> 
> Just offering the above for global enlightenment, though I am curious if 
> others have experienced the same leak in the same spot.  Have a SUNY day!

Only when the !*(#&)*(!@&)!(*@&#(!*&@#!!!!! dealer forgot to replace
the hose on the plunger after replacing the valve cover gasket.

That was the quickest fix I ever did. 5 seconds to fix, about 30 more
minutes to convince myself that it really was the only problem.

-- 

Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
110 Spit Brook Road			http://www.zk3.dec.com/~duane
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

Only my cat shares my opinions, and she hisses occasionally.

References:
- Dead cruise control=vacuum leak (5ktq)
  - From: BARTHOML@snyalfva.cc.alfredtech.edu (Matt Bartholomew)

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