4kq Smog saga: Finished!

Brian Devlin bdevlin at stanford.edu
Wed Feb 27 13:02:47 EST 2002


Yeah, you're finished with the problem for now......
-Brian, taking the Audi Gods side on this one

>Well, after changing almost every part in the fuel/ignitions system
>(hey, I have all the spare parts laying around, mise well) I was at
>my wit's end about what to do with the car.  In case you don't
>remember, the car had a bad miss at idle, wreaking havoc on the HC
>#'s.
>
>The registration expired in Dec, so I've been driving "illegally"
>for the past month or so.  Well, yesterday, while leaving work,
>getting onto the freeway the car seemed slower..hmm, that's odd I
>thought.  I let off the gas, now cruising, to see how the car would
>idle...perfectly smooth!  No more lumpy/missy idle like before.
>Well, kept my fingers crossed, at least its intermittent now.  Pull
>off the freeway, open the hood and start pulling on wires, trying to
>recreate the miss, no luck.
>
>Well, this morning I start the car, running perfectly still,
>beautiful!  I get to the smog place at about 8am, they smog it,
>passes with flying colors!  Wohoo, now I don't have to buy another
>commuter car!
>
>Wish I knew what the problem was, oh well, thanks Audi Gods  =)
>
>Javad
>
>CIS didn't win...this time...




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