Again, when it rains it pours!!...now bad throttle

[Ben Swann]

O2 sensor - try disconnecting it when the problem starts, usually just after
warmup as engine goes into closed loop operation.

 

Ben

http://www.gtquattro.com

 

[Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:25:20 -0800 (PST)

From: L DC <ldc007usa at yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Again, when it rains it pours!!...now bad throttle

      switch? AGAIN

To: audi at humanspeakers.com

Cc: quattro at audifans.com, Rennkafer at aol.com

Message-ID: <20061214162520.56445.qmail at web52310.mail.yahoo.com>

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Call it irony, call it rain, obviously the cause is

rain (H2O)!!

 

This morning as I'm driving to work on the highway and

just a block away from the toll, the '85 VW QSW (JT

code engine) starts to exhibit the same behavior after

driving under the rain for some 30 minutes.

 

Car starts to loose power and sputters and I can not

rev engine.

 

I pulled over, 1/2 block shy of the toll, to fix the

problem: ZIP TIED the WOT switch (the one on top of

the throttle body) and I'm back in business. It's nice

that is a quick and easy fix.

 

But, what sensor is getting wet or humid that's

causing the culprit?

 

Car runs very nice and very smooth on non rainy days

and smooth on rainy days with WOT switch ZIP TIED.

 

Oh, the irony, last time the problem first happened

was also on a rainy Thursday on my way to work on the

same highway a little over a month ago.

 

Funny thing I told my brother this morning, "I hope

the car doesn't start with its jerkiness since it's

raining."

 

His response, while laughing was: "Your car is just

like grandpa, he doesn't like to go out in the rain."

 

Thanks in advance.

 

-Regards,

 

-Louis]