200 might be sick again, then again.....

[Steve Sears]

Geraint,
Although it's not something you'd do while in the Honeymoon Capital, wiring 
up a simple push button (only on when button is pressed, not locking on) to 
trigger the code reading sequence is fairly easy to do.  As long as the car 
is idling (say, at a long light), push and release the button, which is 
connected to the 2 terminals in the fuse slot in the top of the fuel pump 
relay (hoping your car's codes are triggered this way), and watch der 
blinkenlight.  After the sequence is done, revving the engine past 2k rpm 
stops the code flashes.  Something like that could be done fairly stealthily 
to maintain marital bliss - pushing a button is more innocuous than getting 
out, opening the hood......etc etc.  Check out the Butterfly Conservatory 
while you're down there, it's pretty cool (cooler than the tourist traps on 
Clifton Hill).  Winery tours and Niagara-on-the-lake are pretty decent now 
that the leaves have turned.  Wave to me in Hamilton as you're driving back 
over the Burlington Skyway bridge - I'll watch from my vantage point behind 
the steel mills ;-)
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Geraint Lloyd <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Re: 200 might be sick again, then again.....
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> Doug
>
> I'm only going on what i have read, however it wouldn't surprise me if it 
> was only serious codes that got stored on the MAC 14 and since my info 
> came from the InterWeb, then it could be "a load of bollocks" as we say in 
> the UK
> I haven't dabbled with ECU cars enough to really know.
> all that i can do is hope that it does it again on the way back to 
> montreal.......
>
> since i shall be traveling with Mrs Lloyd, then i expect some sarcasm to 
> come my way as we pull over to 'have a quick chat' with the ECU......
>
> Geraint