Difficulty starting - '90 80

Huw Powell audi at humanspeakers.com
Wed Mar 30 00:47:17 EST 2005


>> It sure sounds like the pump is coming on, then turning off, 
> 
> 
> Thinking out loud here... Don't Audis have a safety mechanism
> that, when it senses the engine has stopped (like in an accident),
> it kills the fuel pump? Maybe the sensor that says "I'm running"
> has died.

Yes, after the "start" phase, the FPR will not stay on unless it has the 
signal from the coil that says the engine is running.

First step in this case: jump the FPR contacts and see what that does.

-- 
Huw Powell

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