[A4] '96 12V cold start problem

Jonathan jhhummel at bigpond.com
Sat Oct 18 00:03:02 PDT 2008


You Sure? Are you looking at a 96 2.6L V6 A4? Right hand drive? I had a look 
and couldn't see anything resembling OBDII. What I did find in the drivers 
foot well near the centre consol, was a plethora of plugs and stuff not 
plugged into anything. Like 3.5mm mono and stereo plugs, coax plug and 2 wire 
and 3 wire locking plugs. Anyone has any ideas as to what they could be? The 
ones on the locking plugs look pretty high current. (for electronic devices, 
not motors etc...)

Jon


On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:18:28 am DocWyte wrote:
> The little symbol for the OBD2 is there on the rear ashtray, but I'm
> pretty sure the plug itself is up under the dash above the drivers left
> knee.
>
> Jonathan wrote:
> > Yes, 96 A4 V6's do have OBDII (not CAN of course) it is behind the
> > handbreak in the ash tray area. It has a little plastic cover which just
> > slides off. It is possible to squeeze the plug in without removing the
> > ashtray itself, but it does make life easier if you remove it.
> >
> > Jon
> >
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> >> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:25:59 -0400
> >> From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [A4] '96 12V cold start problem
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> >> Jason Gray wrote:
> >>> My 1996 a4 with a 12V-V6 has suddenly develped a cold starting problem.
> >>
> >> I was going to suggest "pull the codes" [1], but a '96 should have
> >> OBD-II. If you can afford it, VAG-COM [2] should let you talk to the
> >> car's computer, which may tell you of a bad sensor.
> >>
> >> [1] <http://www.12v.org/maintenance/dtc.php>
> >> [2] <http://www.ross-tech.com/>
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