Re: 86 CD Turbo with Auto

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Leah Mueller wrote:
> 
> Dear Listers'
> First of all thanks to Igor and Dale for constant viligence and help on the
> list.  I am looking at an 86 5000 CD Turbo with a 3 speed auto. The car has
> about 130,000 Kilometres. There is leak down the front part of the engine
> which the owner says is the power steering pump.  There appears to be some
> wet stuff farther back as well just right of the engine when you are facing
> the car (slightly towards the drivers side).  Is this tranny  or steering
> rack? The owner has apparently had it serviced regularly but has lived with
> the leak due to high cost of quote to fix.

Very easy to tell: the P/S fluid (green Pentosin 7.1 in your case) makes
a very sticky mess, which is very hard to remove. The engine oil does
not.

> The owner has been adding
> Castrol power steering fluid to resovoir.  Is this the right stuff for the
> Audi system?

No. See above.

> Something tells me that he hasn't been adding the proper
> fluid. Thanks all for any suggestions.  Oh yes, the button for the cruise
> control is broken, is this a hard / expensive fix as well?

When it happened on my old '85 5000s I just took the whole combo swith
apart and resoldered the cracked PCB. Works well up to this day.
If you decide to do it yourself, please be aware that the combo switch
is a fairly complex device. Do it very carefully and slowly, on an empty
table, lined with a white rag or paper. It has a number of spring loaded
Berillium Bronze contacts. If you take it apart in a rush, they may
start jumping on you, making a switch a true 3D puzzle.

Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ