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Dead cruise control=vacuum leak (5ktq)
From gonzo!coimbra.ans.net!quattro-owner Mon Oct 2 10:40:05 1995
Message-Id: <199510021358.JAA15760@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:02 0000
From: Matt Bartholomew <BARTHOML@snyalfva.cc.alfredtech.edu>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Dead cruise control=vacuum leak (5ktq)
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The cruise control on my '88 5000tq died some time back, and the cause
was a vacuum leak. The hose going to the "plunger" (don't know the technical
I found the leak by pressing the above mentioned plunger and hearing a
distinct hissing noise. Now I'm wondering if that vacuum leak was causing
any other anomalies...time will tell.
Matt
The cruise control is run off a separate vacuum pump in the
turbos, so you should afffect nothing else...
Alan