Re: help-out of town friend shows up with broken Audi 90!

[Jon Blake <jonb@u.washington.edu>]

I'll jump in with what I hope are not erroneous possibilities.

On the lights -- looks like another entry in the headlight switch failure
lists. 

On the cooling (or lack thereof) - yes, I'd look at the thermostat. Also
test for fan switch and make sure system actually is filled with coolant,
i.e. don't be satisfied just because expansion tank is adequately filled.

Any others?

	- jon

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996 RELAYER@aol.com wrote:

> Hey all,
> An out of town friend rolled into town today with her 1988 Audi 90 (4
> cylinder!), it's her second Audi.  Looks like I will be spending my days off
> working on it.  Here's what;'s wrong: it is running very hot almost up to the
> double dots on the gauge, alway has she says.  Coolant looks fine, would my
> next step be to replace the thermo? what else?
> 
> Next on her list of things for me to look at is her lack of insturment lights
> and dash lights.  Fuse is fine, bulbs are fine, what would cause this?
> 
> Thanks for all your help, I know this girl willl get ripped off seriously if
> she goes anywhere for service---she come off as an airhead blonde, so people
> always try and take advantage of her.
>                     /\        _I                Christian J. Long
>                   /    \ I_I I_I I              Orlando, Florida, USA
>                                                 University of Central Florida
> Class of 1994
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1990 Coupe Quattro    Red/Black, K&N cone, BBS wheels, 80K          
> 1990 90                     Gold/Tan, 70K, LOOKING FOR REAR WING SPOILER
> Past Audis:
> '80 5KT  '84 Coupe GT  '85 Coupe GT  '875KCST(Dad's)  '87 Coupe GT2.3
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>            "SANTA; I've been good, I want an Audi S1 and Avus Quattro!"
> 
>