5ks Engine Died

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    Oh the curse of being a van Gerbig and owning an Audi strikes again.  My
sister came up to ski in VT this weekend and her '86 5ks was running fine
and dandy.  We used it this weekend to get around and I noticed no running
issues at all, even today.  Though on her way home to Cambridge the car
slowly died.  The engine started sputtering and she slowed, then realizing a
problem she turned off all electricals to see if that would remedy or change
the situation.  That changed nothing and the car progressively slowed even
more.  She shifted the autobox into neutral and coasted.  According to her
the idle was horrifically bad, very sputtery and like it was missing badly.
When she popped the hood and looked under the hood there was a little puff
of bluish black smoke from the rear of the engine bay area.  At that moment
she decided it was best to turn the poor guy off and get to a phone to call
AAA.
    Anyone have a clue what this could be?  She saw no warning lights, no
smoke out the tailpipe, no overheating problem, had oil changed 2 weeks ago
with a new Mann filter, and she treats the car very gently, not a loose nut
like me.

TIA,

Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80

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