Re: '87 5K CS Quattro

["Hien Pham" <hienpham@mindless.com>]

How often do you need to change the turbo of the engine ? and how expensive
?

The transmission oil level is very very low, however, there is no indication
of leakage around and underneath, should I suspect something ?

>At 10:51 PM 4/29/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>>I am about to buy one for US$1500. `87 5000CS Quattro.
>>
>>It has a cracked windshield which need to be replaced. I can get it donwe
>>for $110, used.
>>
>>Small dent on top right rear corner. Small paint crack on left rear door.
In
>>Pearl White. Looks pretty new. Interior leathee needs a few stitches.
>>
>>Major worry is a brake alert light in the dashboard, which might have to
do
>>with AbS sensor,
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>................If it is ABS related, then a message appears that sez your
>ABS is disengaged. The ABS cuts itself off if there is a fault in the
>sensor system. Your light might indicate low brake fluid, or a failing
>hydraulic accumulator (we call it "The Bomb.")
>
> and an incessant clicking noise coming from the glove
>>compartment.
>
>..............probably a relay cycling on and off. Take out the glove box
>and look.
>
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>>Is this a good deal for fifteen hundred bucks ? ?
>
>................might be. Hard to say yet. You haven't owned it long enough
>to discover the cost of fixing the things that it needs. Critical items are
>timing belt/water pump, clutch and related cylinders, steering rack,
>hydraulic accumulator, radiator,heater blower motor plus all the A/C
>equipment & controls, wheel bearings, struts, alignment, entire brake
>system and lines, fuel pump and fuel system, and all the vacuum hoses. And
>then the little things like all the window switches and motors, the power
>locks, the seat heaters, and the multipurpose switch on the steering
column.
>
>It's a sophisticated car with lots of complex inter-related systems, and it
>cost over $30,000 new. There is a high probability that you will need some
>expensive repairs and maintenance if you only paid $1,500 for it. Without a
>complete record of repairs and maintenance, we can't evaluate whether or
>not it was a good deal. Maybe you bought a money pit. We just don't know
yet.
>
>I paid $5,000 for my 87 5kcstq last year, and I think it was a bargain. The
>previous owner had kept perfect records and I saw where he had put in the
>value. Without records, who knows?
>
>
> What causes that clicking
>>noise ?
>
>..............something behind the glove box. Go look.
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