"Out Of Fuel" warning lamp...progress, I think...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <0716D052C1CFD0119D280060979FBE9A0D6014@a1.matrix.com.pl> Aleksander Mierzwa writes:

> On LHD car the bomb is between the LH strut and LH engine mount. I don't
> know if it is on the opposide side on RHD cars. It has nothing to do
> with the brake pressure regulator. The bomb (it's called "the bomb"
> because it looks like a hand grenade) accumulates the hydraulic fluid
> (Pentosin).

It's in the same place on RHD cars.  Very few things are different in an RHD 
engine bay - the steering column exit point and the separate clutch fluid 
reservoir come to mind.  The brakes are all where they are on an LHD car (at 
least in the hydraulically assisted versions) and are actuated by a long rod 
passing from footwell to footwell behind the console and heater block. 

It's called the 'bomb' because it has to be defused - simply removing it 
without discharging it is _VERY_ dangerous.  The book says "30 full brake 
pedal depressions" with the engine off, even if the bomb is suspect.  The 
original version doesn't look much like a real bomb - it's just a sphere.

> 2) Enable safe braking should the PS pump drivebelt break at speed

The original idea, with the ur-quattro, was to provide enough brake assistance 
to reach the end of a rally stage.  That's why 20 to 30 brake pedal 
depressions will be assisted.

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-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club