Re: Questions on '90 200tq

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Hussey, Dan say:

> I have a few questions about my new '90 200tq:
> 
> 1.  Are the insides of the door panels in this car leather or vinyl?
> They look vinyl to me as they don't seem to have pores and well, don't
> look like real leather, but it is rather soft and there is some stiching
> in it so I just want to make sure before I douce them in Vinylex.

They are leather in my '89 100Q and my '90 90Q, so I assume they
are leather in yours, too.


> 2.  My car has been hard starting.  Takes a lot of work to start this
> sucker in the morning.  I heard someone tell me it might need a new
> battery so I was paying attention to the volt gauge but I would like to
> know....what is normal voltage for this car?

12Volts. Turbos tend to be harder to start. Several/many seconds of
cranking are usually required.


> 3.  The climate control and AC system seem to be working fine, but it
> sometimes doesn't cool right.  I mean, it can blow real cool one day
> (so, I don't think it's the freon), and the next I'll be sweating.  It
> will blow, but just not very cold.  Anyone have any experience with such
> a problem?  I'm thinking it's the interior temp sensor.  

Do you know how to pull up the climate control diagnostics? Hold
down the "outside temp" button and push "off". You should get a
display that looks like '01, for channel 1. Push the warmer button
to get to channel 17, and push "outside temp" to get the display.
If a single dot is lit, the compressor is on. If other segments
are lit, the compressor is off for some reason. Let me know which
segments and I will look them up for you.


> 4.  The coolant is a little dirty and I want to flush it and add some
> new coolant.  Is there a coolant flush valve?  Or, is there some other
> sort of procedure for properly flushing the coolant system and adding
> new coolant?  I heard someone talk about turing the car's ignition to
> the first click and running the heater to blow it all out, but I can't
> remeber it all?  This wouldn't be covered in the Bentley would it?  

Yes it is, quite concisely. Turn the heater to "warm" to open the
heater core valve, then drop one of the lower hoses.

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