'98 A6 Avant: Malfunction light, no auto-shifting

[Bart Oleksy]

Kent McLean wrote:
> Ti Kan wrote:
> 
>> Bart Oleksy writes:
>>
>>> I understand the diagnostic code(s) will need to be checked, so I'll 
>>> be on that as early as I can this week (want to go on a trip next 
>>> week!), but just wondered if there were any suggestions on things to 
>>> watch out for or to ask the mechanic about, that sort of thing.
>>
>>
>> That check engine light can come on for literally hundreds of different
>> reasons ...
> 
> 
> One of which is a loose gas cap.  So the mechanic was
> right on that score, especially since it is common and
> it is free to check.  But if that doesn't solve the CEL,
> then a scan tool is required.
> 
Latest update is that it's got *something* to do with the transmission - 
one of the sensors.  The guy (Euro-Cana in Edmonton) that it could be a 
very simple swap (10 minutes) or very complex (5 hours)!  Yikes.  He was 
supposed to phone at the end of the day today but didn't, so I get to 
sleep on that...  (!!)

Thanks for the responses.

Bart

> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>