ecs light and loss of power

[Ned Ritchie]

Stephen,

Use up the entire tank of gas before putting in a gallon or two of
premium.  Run that through the engine, and then fill up with premium.
That procedure should leave you with good gas.

Disconnect the battery for at least 5 minutes to reset all codes.
Remember to collect radio codes if any before disconnecting the battery.

Use only the Audi recommended spark plugs.  Do not use Platinum plugs.
Example:
http://intendedacceleration.com/html/tip_16.html

Ned




-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of stephen sykes
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:10 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: ecs light and loss of power

Hello,

Can anyone offer advice for an '88 80q that has
considerably decreased power at all speeds and has an
illuminated 'check engine/ecs' light.  My wife and I
bought the car recently and noticed no problems. 
However, we put a tank of regular unleaded into it
instead of the mid grade we had been using and a day
later the symptoms described above began occurring.

I read in the manual that a poor tank of gas could
elicit this kind of response; any other ideas for what
could be the matter?

Thanks.
Stephen

 

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