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Re: WARNING - SAFETY - DEFECTIVE "NEW" PRESSURE SWITCH

To: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne), quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: WARNING - SAFETY - DEFECTIVE "NEW" PRESSURE SWITCH
From: Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:34:00 +0200
In-Reply-To: <59715@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

At 16:57 22.08.98 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:

>My (entirely personal) view is that drivers of any Audis equipped with
>the tandem pump system (Pentosin/G 002 000) should deliberately
>discharge their brake accumulators (by fully depressing the brake
>pedal at least 20 times) and check for continuity across the terminals
>of the brake servo pressure monitoring switch.

On the 44 type chassis cars it takes well over 30 strokes to fully
discharge a fully functional bomb.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

References:
- WARNING - SAFETY - DEFECTIVE "NEW" PRESSURE SWITCH
  - From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)

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