Re: My 87 4000 CS quattro foes (too long)

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

BRIT4VWS@aol.com wrote:

>  I thought I owned an Audi for some more quite than my Volkswagen.
>Doesn't seem we can achieve that either.  The fuel pump whines on this car
>like nothing else.  Everyone tells me to live with it or pay a fortune to have
>it fixed so I get used to it and the spedo starts whining away actually more
>like grinding.

Don't pay a fortune- fix it yourself. It's only marginally more difficult
than an oil change or a brake job. Doesn't cost a fortune in parts either.

>	Everyone loves the heated seats in my car especially when it is
>below 20
>outside.  Me I don't get one because the coil is broken everyone says.  Then
>why does it switch on when I scoot forward on the seat now it does not turn on
>at all.

Maybe shifting in the seat causes the broken contacts to join and the
heater to work again? Anyway, they're supposed to be repairable by
soldering.

>	The headlights on this car suck so badly that I can see about 5
>feet >down the
>road maybe 15 with the brights on.  If anyone has a good set of DOT
>headlights, meaning no rock chips, please let me know mine look like they have
>lived through 11 years of Colorado winters without breaking once but just
>getting pounded by all the rocks the put on the roads here.  I would buy
>Euro's but I can't afford them right now.

How about some Hella driving lights in the mean time? I guess better wiring
and relays for your DOT lights would help, too- and you can still use those
when you get the euro lights. It'll also save you from replacing the
headlight switch.

>  And
>last my ass sits on the ground with only a full tank of gas.

It probably needs rear springs and struts.

> This list will
>be amended to tomarrow I am sure as today I have fixed the sunroof the
>windshield washer and the power antenna and those things only went bad within
>the last two weeks.
>	I love my car enough to care for it and fix it and maintain it but
>this >stuff
>is starting to get annoying and the spedo is now going to break I am sure as
>the needle is bouncing from 20-40 on a regular basis.

Hmmm... these are complicated cars, compared to your average sedan of the
period. When fixed, they offer lots of driving pleasure- but the fixes
(mostly the result of bad maintenance in the past) can get to you.
Sounds like nothing major is wrong with your car, just annoying little
problems.  And so far, nothing I haven't read about on the q-list.

Tom

 _______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
 1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 167,000km

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