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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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    Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net

    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