'95 90qs: Cut Out, etc. ECU!

Dan Z. Johnson danz at voicenet.com
Thu Aug 31 12:01:39 EDT 2000


A final update: dealer says it's the ECU. Anyone know of good prices on a '95
90q ECU? I'm peeved, big time.
-DanZ

"Dan Z. Johnson" wrote:

> Thanks for all the quick and detailed responses. I changed the two O2
> sensors yesterday (with the generic Bosch plug from Blau). The car ran much
> better, but, alas, it did not solve the problem. I reluctantly left the car
> at the dealer (Holbert's in Warrington, PA) yesterday evening. I say
> "reluctantly" because it died in their parking lot. They suspect a bad fuel
> pump. We'll see what happens when the car surgeons are finished.
> -DanZ
>
> "Dan Z. Johnson" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > My 1995 Audi 90q (73k miles) has a real problem. It started
> > as the occasional stall at idle, then progressed to quick,
> > intermittent cut out while driving. Now, at road speeds, the
> > engine will sputter rapidly and die altogether, and be
> > nearly impossible to restart. Car backfires slightly. After
> > letting it cool a bit, I can restart and sometimes run for
> > 1/2 hour or more with no problems.
> > At first, I thought that i had gotten a bad tank of gas. Ran
> > some methanol through, with limited, short-term success. may
> > not have helped at all, in retrospect. I am two tanks of gas
> > past that first suspect tank. I have run injector cleaner
> > through before and after this started. All panel indicators
> > are normal.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -DanZ
> >
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