[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]

Re: bomb?

Michael & Christine writes:
> I hate to sound ignorant (oh but what the hell)....what's a "bomb" in regards to
> Audi maladies?
> 
> I've owned VWs and Audis for years now but have never heard of this term until
> getting on this mailing list.

The proper name is hydraulic accumulator, a sphere-shaped, nitrogen-charged
device used in many Audi models that have a combined hydraulic steering-brake
assist system (UrQs, 84 and later 5000/100/200, V8, etc.).

Please check the quattro list archives, this has been asked (and answered)
by newbies many times. (http://coimbra.ans.net/quattro.html)

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
-- 
    ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
   ///   AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
  ///    ti@amb.org
 //////  http://sunsite.unc.edu/~cddb/tikan/
///