Re: '85 4000q oxygen sensor light

[lorens@cyberzone.net (Lorens Kulla)]

If your 4000Q is like mine, the light will never go on again. Due to the
lack of counting of my odometer....173,699 for the last three years.....
:-)

Lorens Kulla


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> From: Fluhr <ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: '85 4000q oxygen sensor light
> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 4:38 PM
> 
> 
> > >> 1. How do you reset the OXS light on an '85 4000Q?
> > 
> > >To reset the oxs light on all AUDI 4k's; remove instrument panel
top,by
> > >removing four screws around bezel.
> > 
> > Not necessary.  (What a PITA!)  There is a black box in the engine bay,
and
> > you just push a button on it.  The button is "protected" by a surround,
so
> > you use a screwdriver or something to reach into the hole it is in.  I
> > can't remember exactly where the box is, because it's been a while, but
I
> > can try to remember to check if you like.  This button probably pushes
the
> > same thing being described above.  At least this is so on my 84.
> 
> 
> Up to 1984, the oxygen sensor light counter was contained in the little
> black box in the engine bay, and the 4000/Coupe used a 2-piece
speedometer
> cable.  From 1985 on, the 4000/Coupe used a single piece speedo cable,
> and the oxygen sensor light counter was part of the instrument cluster.
> 
> So, for this '85, the first method of resetting the light is correct.
> For any 1984 or earlier car, the second method is correct.
> 
> Later,
> Eric
> '85 Coupe GT, counter in the instrument cluster
> '82 Coupe, father's, light in a box in the engine bay
> ---
> Eric J. Fluhr                                Email: 
ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com
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