Re: Servicing V 8 Torsen-need advise

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

DFAUTOHAUS@aol.com writes:
> We've had so few problems with quattro drivelines that this problem has never
> happened to us before. We have a 1990 V 8 that acts like it's center diff is
> locking when the car is a rest. After it drive a feww hundered feet it unlocks
> and all is well. We'd like to service the diff, but see no drain plug on it
> and don't have the factory manual for this car. 

The car is an automatic, right?  The center differential on the automatic
V8s is not Torsen.  It's a multi-plate clutch unit that is electronically
controlled.  I don;t have any service info, but perhaps this tidbit could
lead you in the right direction...

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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