Audi 4kQ- hardstart

[Ti Kan]

VW FREAK writes:
> right, but see this car is CIS-E and I have never messed with that before-
> my Jetta is digifant, my sciroccos have been CIS. in any case, i have no
> power to the thermo-time switch, and despite that I tried another switch
> anyway and the cold start injector is still not firing.
> I am starting to wonder about the CIS-E brain now, as near as I can tell
> without taking the harness apart, the thermo-time switch gets power from the
> computer or at least the computer harness. I also found that unplugging the
> idle motor makes no difference on idle speed, another thing making me doubt
> the computer. The car has also been getting TERRIBLE gas mileage- 16MPG,
> which could be another computer symptom.

OK, it does seem that you have a problem with the CIS-E control unit
if the idle stabilizer valve doesn't do anything either.  Have you
used that "spare fuse" in your fuse box for something else?  That is not
a spare...  it's used to provide power to the control unit.

-Ti
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