Arrrrrrrrgh! Intermittent dead 90q ignition (long)

[nde264 at lulu.it.northwestern.edu]

So, am I right to assume that if a contact in the FPR goes bad, that it will
disable ignition?  The relay is double or triple throw?  The car doesn't feel
like it's running out of gas/losing fuel, but more like it's just losing spark.
 It doesn't always sputter, the tach just rapidly drops to zero, and the car
won't fire for a few minutes.

Nathan Engelbert
89 90q


JShadzi at aol.com writes on Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:16:51 EDT:
> I've had the same exact symptoms in the past with differen Audi's I've
> owned/worked on, usually a fuel pump relay with a temp releated connection
> problem.  Try jumpering the fuel pump to power next time it happens, if it
> fires right up, you found the problem.
>
> Javad
>

Ignition woes snipped.