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4kq diff locks



In message <a60ed765.35b60f6e@aol.com> Rosso75@aol.com writes:

>   I'm confused.  My diff's won't lock, but since I'm getting no vacuum at the
> switch, I'm not surprised.  My cruise control is also out, but the door locks
> work (they're all vacuum operated, right?).  I was checking fuses and they're
> all good, but how is it there is no fuse for the door locks?  I can't find it
> in the owners manual or on the fuse cover.

Door locks are a separate pump.  Most of the quattros have vacuum
reservoirs at the rear of the car either side of the tank, or behind
the rear wheel arches, etc.

A common fault is the one-way valve in the vacuum line (still in the
engine bay, by the firewall) failing.

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 Phil Payne
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