RE: Recent first-time Audi buyer after s

[Ian Rawlings <Ian.Rawlings@UK.Quza.com>]

Hiya Paul and others, the engine number is KV044071 and the chassis
number is WAUZZZ89ZJA276211, the cc is 2226cc, developing 136 BHP before
I had it retuned for unleaded ;-) Probably about 10BHP now... Procon-10
is mentioned in the manual, however it, along with some other things, is
marked with an asterisk to signify "where fitted".

Also, there are several possible injection systems that might be fitted
- how do I tell which one *is* fitted, and if I can chip the car up at
all?

As for the Quattro stuff being pretty robust, I hope so! It seems that
if it's specific to the Quattro, you pay through the nose for it. I'll
try to find out what manuals I've been told about recently, either by
Volkswagen Audi magazine or by the UK Audi club, I'll try to remember to
get the book name and post it tomorrow.

It's a worrying car as there are things that need doing. I need to
replace the brake pads and discs (vented front, solid rear), the brake
performance is variable so it probably needs bleeding, when driving
across rough ground I get a sound like a piece of wood jumping up and
down on the boot floor so my wishbones/bushes might need replacing, and
the gearbox is a little bit sticky. And the steering wheel wobbles from
side to side, up and down, but not in and out. Also the tyres squeal
when going round tight corners despite having the tracking checked out
twice now and the track rod ends replaced, together with the power
steering seeming to be variable, very light some days, quite stiff on
others.

Well, it is an 8 year old car! An extremely nice 8 year old car...
Unfortunately I don't have much mechanical knowledge or any tools, so
most urgent jobs need taking to a garage, at a rate of between 25-50 UKP
per hour, with the worry that they'll bodge it. 

I can see that I'm going to lose a lot of hair and money over this car,
but I did enjoy wasting an entire weekend zipping around the countryside
recently, so I'm not that concerned!

Ian
-- 
Ian Rawlings - technical support for Quza at Racal-Integralis in England
Email support@uk.quza.com or telephone +44 (0)118 908 7878

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>From: 	paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk[SMTP:paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk]
>Sent: 	19 March 1997 12:16
>To: 	Ian Rawlings; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Recent first-time Audi buyer after s
>
>
>From: Ian Rawlings <Ian.Rawlings@UK.Quza.com>
>
>>Hello all, I've recently become the (very) proud owner of a British 1988
>>'E' reg Audi 90 Quattro
>
>Congratulations, nice car.
>
>> and am finding it hard to find out details about
>>the car. All I know so far is that it is a 10-vaulve engine, probably
>>2.2 litre. I don't know which series it is, or any other identifying
>>details.
>
>It's probably the 2226cc 100kW 136bhp engine - I think the 2309 with cat 
>arrived in1989.  What is the engine and chassis code?
>
>>Does anyone know enough about these cars to help me out a
>>little? I don't know if it has Procon-10 or not,
>
>I'm preety sure Procon-10 wasn't avauilable in 1988.  I have a brochure for 
>1989 and Procon-10 is not mentioned.  Check your owner's manual.
>
>> it has "air
>>conditioning", which is pretty much an air cooler more than anything
>>else.
>
>>I've also found it hard to get any documentation on it. I looked for
>>some haynes manuals, but could only find manuals for the 90, not the 90
>>Quattro. I called Haynes and they said that they have never produced any
>>manuals for the Quattros, and never will, although they
>>couldn't/wouldn't tell me why.
>
>Haynes is good value - the quattro stuff is pretty robust and only needs the 
>propshaft UJ greased (grease nipple in middle of UJ).  Bentley is far more 
>detailed but a lot more expensive (cost GBP65 for my 80q).  It also doesn't 
>give cheats like Haynes does (my favourite comes from a Morris Minor Haynes 
>manual in the section that describes how a chassis component is in the way 
>of removing the master cylinder - "thousands have bent it and lived").
>
>>If anyone has a full spec list and can answer any questions I can think
>>up, I'd be eternally grateful!
>
>Fire away.
>
>Paul
>paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
>1984 Audi 80 quattro
>1989 Audi 100 Avant
>
>