Car dies at idle.........

[Bernie Benz]

George,

What's this "extra gulp of gas" stuff?  How would your ECU know that your TB
was gunked up and therefore the engine needs the extra gulp?  Apparently,
you have a serious crankcase breather system problem as the root cause of
your throttle body gunk.

Bernie


> From: George Sidman <sidman at montereynet.net>
> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 09:36:41 -0800
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Car dies at idle.........
>
> I chased this problem a few years ago. Turned out it was simply gunk
> built up in the throttle body that would not allow the butterfly to
> close completely. When it went to idle, or when I stepped on the gas,
> an extra gulp of gas would stall the engine. If this is your problem
> you can easily pull the rubber throttle intake tube and swab out the
> throttle body, which I now do on a regular basis.
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