Coupe Quattro no Worky! The saga continues

[Kneale Brownson]

Plugged screen in fuel pump that "cleared" when the thing sat long enough 
for the debris to resettle into the bottom of the tank?


At 01:47 PM 10/28/2001 -0800, Richard Hoffman wrote:

>SO I finally have daylight to work on the no-start CQ, and I spend ~1hour 
>fiddling around building a new 1115 test light.  Then I blew the fuse 
>controlling diagnostics.  DOH!
>
>Replaced the fuse, then pulled the codes - 4431 - the Idle Stablizer 
>Valve. A code I have had since Day 1 owning this car.  That was the only 
>code I know that won't contribute to a no-start condition.
>
>Pulled plug number 1 - black with whitish powdery stuff on the eletrodes.
>Pretty normal.  Plugged it in to check for spark, enlisted an extra 
>hand....the car starts right up, on 4 cylinders, number one blurping 
>through the open spark plug socket.
>
>WTF?????
>
>Plugged it all together again and the car runs just fine, starts easily, 
>no problems to report that I didn't know about before - the bomb, whirring 
>noise, etc.
>
>Of course the car feels so stiff to me know - I've been driving a Ford 
>Focus from my roommate off and on and it sure it GOOD being back in an 
>Audi, let me tell you!
>
>Any thoughts?  It would seem an electrical gremlin has gotten into my 
>ignition.  I was thinking of replacing the fuel pump relay since it might 
>be getting tired in its old age but I've never been a fan of randomly 
>replacing parts!
>
>Thanks for your input!
>
>Richard
>1990 CQ 191K now infested.....
>
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