loss of power/backfire into intake Audi 5000

[Brian Devlin]

Time for timing belt?
-Brian

>Listers,
>Car has been acting strangely again. I am experiencing a lack of
>power/hesitation when I press the accelerator peddle. If I continue to hold
>down the pedal there is a popping noise, which I assume is backfiring in the
>intake. Any ideas what would cause this power loss/intake backfiring?
>
>The backfiring/power loss happens sporadically and it does not seem to
>matter if the car is warm or not. Sometimes if I just keep giving it gas the
>RPM's will climb and the car will accelerate properly...
>
>By the way, when the car does this it runs a little rough but maintains a
>consistant idle of 875-920 RPM's...
>
>The car does have in the last year: new plugs, cap, rotor, all new
>injectors, fuel filter, differntial pressure regulator...
>
>The wires that are in there now are of a unknown age but tested fine out of
>the car...
>
>I ran the fault codes and got 4444. All clear...
>
>Car is 88 5000S...
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>Michigan
>
>
>
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