Check Engine Light??

[Brett Dikeman]

At 7:52 PM -0500 3/8/04, FlyGuyKy3 at aol.com wrote:
>I just bought my A6 last week, and the engine light comes on periodically. 
>It comes on after about 15 minutes of driving... if that.  When it does come
>on, I can just pull over to the side of the road, turn the car off, and then
>turn the car back on.. to turn the check engine light off.  I am 
>just wondering
>if this is a flaw in the design, if the car actually does need to be checked..
>or what should i do....   Should I just pull the codes and reset it?

Gas cap tight?  If not, newer cars treat that as an error code since 
it is emissions-related.  It's one of those ease vs. likelyhood- not 
very likely, but easy to check, so why not.

Yes, pull the codes and find out what the deal is- don't clear them, 
they're obviously coming back and it'll possibly be helpful to your 
mechanic.  Newer cars log a ton of info about fault conditions, some 
of it can be useful.

>The car runs like a dream.  No strange noises, no suspension defects, nothing
>major.  The mechanic told me the compression was at 185.  No major leaks. 
>The only problem with the entire car is the crack in the windshield washer
>tank-- so now the digital screen is always tellin me to fill the 
>tank.  I'm going
>to replace it with my new paycheck.

Shucks, I'd just slap some epoxy on...if you prep the surface 
properly(clean it with degreaser, score/rough it a little, let it dry 
thoroughly) and the epoxy is suitable for plastic, it'll probably 
outlive the car.

Brett
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