Re: [Misc] Audi 5000 - Speed Limiter?

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Maybe a faulty distributor rotor - if he has one with a spring loaded 
breaker, maybe the spring is bust and is breaking the circuit too early.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins


>From: 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: [Misc] Audi 5000 - Speed Limiter?
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:16:54 -0500
>
>Hey guys,
>	A friend of mine is a mechanic who has an Audi 5000 that he uses for his
>daily driver.  He asked me whether the car had a speed limiter at 105mph
>because at that speed (and 5500rpm) his car just quits.  It feels to him
>just like a limiter, where it's on/off/on/off... but he can't find any
>indication that there's a speed limiter on the car.
>
>	I told him that to the best of my knowledge, no CIS cars have speed
>limiters -- but I'm wondering if any of you know something I don't.
>
>TIA!
>Jason
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