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*MORE* bombing?



At 10:30 PM 02/19/97 -0800, you wrote:

Great post!! A lot of good info about "bombs"....

>Here's another way:
>
>Let the car run for 2 min, allowing it to build the hydro pressure.
>Kill the engine and pump the brake pedal, while counting the number of
>strokes, till the pedal becomes hard (when all the residual hydro
>pressure is gone). 
>Anything less than 30 strokes - the bomb is bad.

Just want to verify... do you mean *more* than 30 strokes? I don't know much
about these *bombs*, but I just figured that if it takes you longer to pump
it up, it must mean it's bad. 

>Now, if the bomb is bad, but you like the car and the price is right -
>screw the bomb. You will go through the bomb, P/S pump and rack
>replacement anyhow sooner or later. It is a part of Audi ownership
>experience anyway.

Do all Audis have a bomb? Does my '92 100S V-6 have one? If so, anyone know
where it is located?

TIA

                             Jim Griffin
                      JGriff@pobox.com
  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4475
                        Maryland, USA
   "Perception is often stronger than reality!"
                               '92 100S
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