RE: Need Hydro Help!

["Stefan Bendevis" <Audiman1@msn.com>]

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From: 	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net on behalf of Gross Scruggs
Sent: 	Wednesday, February 26, 1997 2:06 PM
To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net; phil@sievers.com; quk@sievers.com
Subject: 	Need Hydro Help!

I am in need of experience and wisdom from the list.  My '87 5kTQ, 78kmi,
acquired only three weeks ago, has among other problems the 'annoying' habit 
of
pushing substantial amounts of hydro fluid out the top of the resevoir.  I've
just replaced the cap/spring/float/gasket/switch assembly and it continues to
blow fluid out until just below the 'low' mark, thereby setting off the bells
and lights of the diagnostic system.  I know my hydraulic accumulator needs
replacing and the pump needs rebuilding.  Is this resevoir problem separate or
associated, and what is happening?  

'Freshly oiled driveway in Monterey',  Gross

Fellow Audi fanatic,
	This problem is definitely associated with the pump, I had the same problem 
just 1 year ago and when I replaced the pump, no more oil sprayed driveways.  
I was told from the parts manager at the local Audi dealer that it is not 
worthwhile to rebuild the pump, they don't last.  You'd be better off to just 
go ahead and get a new one.  Do the job once and forget about it.

Audiman1@msn.com, Stefan Bendevis