Re: 85 4ksq Shutdown in the Rain

[Andrew Pawlisz <apawlisz@tufts.edu>]

Water in the ignition system.  Had the same problem with a 84 4ks.  I applied WD40
everywhere and the problem was fixed.  Knew better next time to keep the wires and
the cap in goo condition.

Andrew

'88 5ksq

"Timothy A. Pellowski" wrote:

> Q'ers
>
> I was struck by the Audi gods today but I'm sure I had a hand in the problem.  I
> was driving in to work today, raining cats & dogs, ran through a couple large
> puddles and was waiting a stop light to make a left turn when all of the sudden
> the 85 4ksq shutdown.  I tried starting again but it would only crank.  I think
> the problem may be with the distributor cap and the main coil wire since I've
> had some arcing from the coil wire in the past.  Any other thoughts or ideas as
> to what the problem may be.
>
>         TIA,
>
>                 Tim Pellowski
>                 85 4ksq  192k