[BiturboS4] New S4 owner

[Al Adler]

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As a current APR chip owner thinking of upgrading to a GIAC I have to
ask - were you getting the CEL errors with the APR or the GIAC? If you
were getting the CEL with the APR do you know the actual codes you were
getting, ie, did you download them with a VAG-COM(or like) or get the
dealer to get them  out?  I've been getting a 17547(Fuel Trim too Rich)
code only at high RPM's only in chipped mode that  has me wondering if
my MAF is getting flakey.

Thanks,
Al

Alfred Coco wrote:

>I agree. I own a 2000. Put in APR at about 15K. Replaced with GIAC at
>about 45K. Now at 70K. Turbos are fine. Upgraded bypass valves. Weird
>very intermittent EPC and CE codes. Looking to sell / trade for a 2004.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: biturbos4-admin at audifans.com [mailto:biturbos4-admin at audifans.com]
>On Behalf Of California Fields
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:24 PM
>To: biturbos4 at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New S4 owner
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>Yep, and I put a GIAC-x in at 8k miles. I'm now at 35k miles and no
>problems (yet). Turbos are getting a little louder but hard to tell. I
>just swapped my GIAC for an Abt....so I'll now be running Abt.
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>>From: "Robin Gibson" <robingibson at cowanlinn.co.uk>
>>To: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>, "John M. Harrison" <JohnMH at uwyo.edu>
>>CC: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
>>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New S4 owner
>>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:37:15 +0100
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>>Hi guys
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>>I chipped my S4tt at 15k with the abt 310hp chip.  I am now at 44k
>>miles without any problems.  Best purchase I ever made; I'd probably
>>have sold my kids for an RS4 by now, but with the abt S4 there is
>>little point.  I use the car for everyday driving and find that I very
>>rarely have to use full power.  Driven with (some) restraint and
>>respect, the rest of the mechanicals seem to be up to it.  In the UK at
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>>least, the Audi warranty is unaffected if they install the abt chip.
>>Worth checking up on - you're missing out otherwise
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>>RG
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
>>To: "John M. Harrison" <JohnMH at uwyo.edu>
>>Cc: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:04 PM
>>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New S4 owner
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>>>My S4 is not chipped.  I am indeed reluctant to jeopardize my
>>>warranty while it's still in effect.  Even after the warranty is
>>>over, I'd think twice about doing it, because it seems that chipping
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>>>often causes a bunch of expensive failures and I am not sure I want
>>>to get caught up in that...  The temptation of power is great,
>>>though :).
>>>
>>>-Ti
>>>2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
>>>2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
>>>1984 5000S turbo
>>>1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
>>>--
>>>    ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
>>>   ///   AMB Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
>>>  ///    ti at amb.org
>>> //////  http://www.amb.org/ti/
>>>///
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>>>John M. Harrison writes:
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>>>>I'm curious - have you experimented with chipping, or are you
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>>reluctant
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>>>>to do this while your car is in warranty as I am?  I understand if
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>>>>you don't want to answer to the whole list.  Cheers.
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