Re: hertz audis

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <8235617e.3670ad0c@aol.com> MHLIGGINS@aol.com writes:

<< Please explain "'super' belts." I must have nodded off for a few months. >>

> Sometime in the '89 (I think is correct) model year they changed the t-belts.
> Went to heavier cogs on them, with corresponding deeper grooves in the cam
> sprocket, water pump pulley, and harmonic balancer.

It's in the 1989 model year for the ur-quattro.  However, Audi allowed
Team Doorhandle to manage the change, with the result that the parts
microfiche key off chassis number, not engine number.  About 50 engines
are thus incorrectly identified.

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