New member: Help! 88 Audi 80

[Huw Powell]

> I purchased an 88 Audi 80 and am trying to revive it.  I am not much
> of a mechanic, so hard to diagnose.  Here is the deal.  The car blows
> black smoke and stalls constantly when cold.  It will discontinue
> running after a bit of time. 

> Previous owner had the distributor replaced, new fuel injection pump,
> coolant temp sensor.  The invoice says that it still needed repairs to
> fuel trim and pressure wires.
> 
> I purchased it and sent it to the dealer.  They replaced the battery,
> installed fuel injection fuses, replaced plug wires.  They said it was
> running great at the shop but stalled.  They wanted to replace o2
> sensor and do this cold start kit thing...I rejected this.

hehe I just saw one of those kits next door... it was acting funny so
John and I decided he should simplify it by setting upt he cold start
injector to run off an old fashioned thermo time switch.  Not that that
helps you much!

> 
> My wife said the car ran a bit rough enroute home and **Important** it
> used a whole tank of gas to go 150 miles...

Uh, sounds like that car is running rich, rich, rich.  Needs a competent
mechanic who knows something (anything) about CIS I think.

that OXS might help, but why not actually get the problem properly
diagnosed before the "we replaced everything we could think of" process
starts?

tell the list where you live and maybe someone knows a good wrench near
you?

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

http://www.humanthoughts.org/