re: specific details to my A/C prob

[schulz@tif623.ed.ray.com (Peter Schulz)]

on  Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:40:29 -0500

Christian Long said
>
>Some of you tell me they never saw my first message, so here goes again:
>
>My A/C will not recirculate, which it is supposed to when you set the temp on
>low and fan speed on normal or high, and high fan speed is not so high.  When
>it is on high, the foot vents are blowing also, which I think they are not
>supposed to.  In addition, when my A/c is on, the darn thing will suddenly
>out of nowhere start blowing out of the defrost!!!  I will then start cursing
>the unit and pushing different buttons until it goes back to dash vents.  It
>sounds like maybee a vacum leak or bad A/C controls. 
>     I've been looking for a Bently manual for 3 months now, and just saw a
>post yesterday concerning some of Dorab's dealer friends who might have one,
>with a Coupe and a 90, I need one bad.  I think if I can find out how to swap
>the A/C units between my two cars, I can narrow down the problem.
>
 snip!

I had a similar problem with the CC on my 1990 Coupe Quattro.  Fortunately
the answer was very simple.  Someone in the passenger seat had moved their 
foot under the lower part of the dash and pulled out one of the vacuum lines
(below the glove compartment)  reconnecting the line solved the problem.

I noticed the condition because the recirculating flap didn't make the 
usual "thud" noise when the CC is turned off.

Good Luck!

Peter Schulz
1990 Coupe Quattro
Schulz@ed.ray.com