1989 Audi 200 QT - Hard Start Need Help

Larry C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Thu Aug 23 19:05:55 EDT 2001


My 200Q starts up nearly instantly (not as good as my GTi) now that I
have new injectors in. Of course, the recent vacuum leak has killed that,
for now. Chasing that now.

LL - NY

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:05:29 -0400 Kent McLean
<kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:
>Kevin Clinton wrote:
>>I also noted that when I go on vacation and leave the car unused for 
>10 days
>>or so it starts right up.
>
>This sounds like *my* car.  It takes 8-10 seconds of cranking when 
>cold. 
>But if
>it's been sitting for a while (a week or more), then it starts right 
>up. 
>Mine also
>starts right up if it hasn't been sitting long (10 minutes or so).
>
>My mechanic said "they all (turbos) do that."  I've learned to live 
>with it,
>although I am tempted to change the injectors to see if that helps. 
>They
>were replaced once -- 4 years and 63K miles ago.
>
>So, let us know.
>
>Kent McLean
>'89 200 TQ w/213K miles, "Bad Puppy"
>



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