Re[2]: Coupe q help needed !!! (little long)

[treilley_at_BANKMARK@conseco.com (treilley)]

     I found that if I push down with all my weight in the center of the 
     floor of the cargo area, I get the noise even when the car is not 
     running.
     
     My rotor came off fine last week.  It went back on fine also.
     
     I forgot in my earlier response, the fog light is the same one used on 
     the sedans from 88-92(I think) so you should be able to find a decent 
     used one.
     
     Tim 90CQ, 77Spitfire


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Subject: Re: Coupe q help needed !!!  (little long)
Author:  schulz@tif623.ed.ray.com (Peter Schulz) at Internet
Date:    4/19/96 7:29 AM


     
On Thu, 18 Apr 96 Todd asked:
Subject: Coupe q help needed !!!
     
     
>1) Today a high frequency buzzing started from the area directly behind the 
righ t 
>rear passenger headrest.
     
More likely the air pump for the central locking system.  Mine very sporadically
does the same thing...
     
>2) Owners manual states: Nothing about changing coolant. Car has 65k miles and 
t he co>olant is brown... What should I do?
     
with 65 K, change it...
     
That there is no need to change transmission fluid. I wanted to put Redline 
fluid
 in, not wise?
     
Up to you.  I have 91k on my CQ, haven't changed the tranny fluid yet.
     
>3) Car has Bosch tri electrode plugs. Should I stick with these, platinum, 
silve r, 
>or what? The car stumbles on starting. I'll start by changing the plugs and see
if 
>this helps.
     
Do yourself a favor: also do the cap and rotor. The rotor is a pain in the butt.
You
need to crush (yes crush) it with a pair of vise grips, remove the pieces, 
polish
     
the distributor shaft with some sand/emory paper, and slide on the new one.  
Lear ned
this one the hard way. I didn't properly clean off the remnants of the old one, 
a nd 
tried to force on the new one.  Guess what??? The new one broke alot easier than
the
old one that I had to get off.
     
>4) Also, other than AAA small car world, anyone know of parts yards with 
coupes?
 I 
>need a left fog light lens and a right rear light assembly. (fog light has 
bulle t,
> tail light had bad new owner... I backed into the planer tonight as I was 
liste ning >to the whine stated above in (1).)    :^(
     
Whoops!  sorry ' bout that.  Good luk on the fog lights.  Most Coupe Q owners 
hav e
one with a broken lense.  You can't just buy a new lense and replace it.  New 
fog light
assembly is about $150 from Carlsen Audi, with the discount.  Since the lenses 
us ually
are pitted, anyway.  I want to switch mine to either the PIAA 1000s or the KatZ 
f ogs
(they're tiny).
     
>...where do I start in performance mods? I'm switching to synth oil this 
weekend
     
>(not perf, but nice,) is there room to play with this car, or is it about as 
fas t 
>as it'll get?
     
see my separate post
     
     
>Sorry to barrage you with questions... I've got a lot more questions and 
thought s, 
>but I'll save them for later.
     
No problem, its great to help another Coupe Q owner!!
     
Peter Schulz
1990 Coupe Q
schulz@ed.ray.com