Igniton (amp) module N122 WAS: Meow? (NAC but VAG diagnostics)

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TT:

this guy on Audiworld.com (sorry fans....) just made my A4 day:
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1594531.phtml

Similar symptoms and I documented them here:
http://www.quattro123.com/A4MisfireCoilPacks.htm

Check them out.  Bet the VW part has a different name.
Cheapest(Bosch) was Rod @ thepartsconnection.com
Huco, Beru and another non OEM were 1/2 price.
HTH - Scott by BOSTON

> From: "tihol tiholov" <>
> Patient: '99 VW NBeetle, 229K kms, 2.0, sparkplugs are about 30K, wires 
> about 4-5 weeks old, both OEM. 
> Cold-like symptoms turing into pneumonia - cough, sneeze, sputter, @ initial 
> start smooth idle, then after a couple of seconds misfiring and even 
> stalling, no power, impossible to drive except downhill.
> All this went on and off for a few months, lately progressively worse to 
> almost lethal.  
> On Sun used VAG-COM to turn off CEL or MIL, if you will, codes were System 
> too lean and some intermittent misfiring.  Irregular running but was drivable 
> on my 1.5-acre gravel driveway.  Smelled hot like a kitty.  On Mon taking off 
> downhill, made it till the mountain bottom, no power, stopped, trying to 
> drive, CEL blinking and smells like the kitty.
> So, I think, if it smells like a cat ... it gotta be one.  VAG-COM saved 
> random and particular cyl. misfiring - 3 and 4 this time, 2 was there before.  
> OXS shall be renewed as it's more than 100K but doubt it it would make it so 
> sick.
> 
> MAC - on my '88 Typ 89 the kitty was caught plugging before the 200k kms 
> mark by an alert exhaust tech, so no BTDT of my own.
> 
> Just wonder what other people's experiences with a  plugging cat were.  
> Also, anything else to blame the car flue on?
> 
> Thanks all and merry spring motoring.
> Tihol
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