A6 Dash Light help

[Ti Kan]

CTDiesel at aol.com writes:
> Upon starting a 98  A6  (45,000 miles on it with great maint.) the other day
> the "Check"  light for emissions came on.  Not the check engine light but the
> symbol looks like a cat coverter with a lighting bolt thru it and says check
> under it.

That *is* the check engine light.  It's not a pic of a cat converter.
It's a pic of an engine with a lightning bolt through it.

> Anyway the local shop wants $65 to pull the fault codes and then
> $65 bucks and hours to fix it.  Is there anyway I can figure out whats wrong
> without that much expense?

The only way to figure out what the fault is is to connect a VAG scan
tool to the diagnostic port and read the DTCs (diagnostic trouble code).
The dealer could do it, or you could find someone who has VAG-COM
( http://www.ross-tech.com ) installed on a laptop computer, and the
proper interface cable to do the same.  Once you have the fault
code, then it should be fairly clear why the check engine light came
on and what's needed to correct the fault.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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