Subject: Re: Firewall Giving Way

[Dave Conner <conner@cfm.ohio-state.edu>]

This problem was dealt with in the Oct 98 issue of "European Car", in great
detail, with lots of nice pictures.

The article title is "Project Audi 4000Q Part 14, Update: New Engine and
Minor Repairs".

Didn't sound minor to me.
This problem left them with two choices...sell the car dirt cheap (i.e.
junk it), take advantage of an unsuspecting "sucker", or invest major
effort in fixing it.

It seems they decided that the only way to repair the firewall required
pulling the engine.  So what the heck...let's just install a >new< engine
while we're at it.

After all that the car was in a wreck and totalled shortly after.

But I'll bet you don't get European Car or you wouldn't be asking these
questions...right?  
And you did say you just recently acquired this car...right?

How much did you pay for it the car?

Send me your address and I'll drop a copy of the EC article in the
mail...no charge.

BTW...my 86 4kq may be trying to develop a crack of it's own.
I don't think it's cracked now, but the clutch pedal feels way too stiff.
Should I replace the clutch as cheap insurance against getting one of these
cracks?
Or would master cylinder replacement do the trick?

Dave Conner
Columbus, OH 

87 5KS
89 100E
86 4KCSQ
91 200Q Avant (Gone, but not forgotten)