No power on hills - help desperately needed
urq
urq at pacbell.net
Thu Feb 10 00:15:05 EST 2005
IMO this is a classic case of a plugged cat. On my ex-Fox the element broke
loose and plugged the outlet ... same symptom. The amount of pressure that
built up in the exhaust created a noticable hissing sound you could plainly
hear with the windows rolled down.
Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> I have an automatic 1993 Audi Quattro 90S. Last weekend I noticed a
> loss of power on hills. I haven't driven much until today and the
> problem was much more pronounced. Even slight hills gave me some
> trouble and I crept up a steep one at 20mph with the pedal to the floor.
> RPMs wouldn't top 3000. I never had any trouble like this before last
> weekend, but the car has only been driven 300 or so miles in the past 2
> months. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I had thought
> about a vacuum leak and I tried the "pull the dipstick" test and it kept
> running fine so that likely isn't an issue. I'm really at a loss here
> and I'm afraid to even go for a drive because I'm afraid the car might
> die on me. I love my Audi but I'm scared to drive it. Can anyone
> please offer some suggestions?
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