Temperature Problem

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Sun Mar 18 10:50:30 EST 2001


PMStaples at aol.com writes:
> I have a 1988, 90 Quattro that does not want to run at a certain temperatue. 
> When it is cold it runs fine, then as it begins to warm up, usually by the 
> time I leave the house and get into traffic. It stumbles and misses badly, 
> almost dying. I am forced to give it full throttle to bet the thing moving, 
> which has not been doing my new clutch any favors. After it warms up, maybe 
> just a couple of blocks later, it runs fine. Stop the car for 15 minutes and 
> the whole thing starts over.

Check for vacuum leaks and measure fuel system pressures.  Also, perhaps the
basic fuel/air mixture setting is out of whack?

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
96 A4 2.8 quattro (sold but not forgotten)
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