A8 Stalling

[Kent McLean]

On Friday 07 April 2006 03:55, sembai at verizon.net wrote:
> A fellow worker has had a problem with his 1999 A8 4.2Q.  
> When he comes to a hard stop, the engine stalls.  His 
> mechanic has never worked on an A8 before and is having 
> trouble finding the source of the problem.  He wants to 
> know if there is a way to read the fault codes without 
> using vag-com software?  

A generic OBD-II reader should be able to pull codes; it
just would not give you the detail that the VAG-COM would.
(e.g., It might give a numeric code that you need to look 
up, versus a nice GUI interface with an English description
of what sensor is failing.) I'm sure with a little sleuthing,
the mechanic could identify the bad sensor, if that is even
the problem.  I'm not sure I'd trust a mechanic that couldn't 
figure that out.

OTOH, your friend could buy the VAG-COM, use it, and let his 
mechanic know what to fix. Then you could borrow the VAG-COM.
:)  Or split the cost with him/her.

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