88 5KTQ this week my idle speed has gone up

[LL - NY]

Agreed. I think the jumper thing was to just get you by until you got the
new switch.

And, FWIW, when I replaced my switch with the updated one, I never had any
problems (with that) from that point onward.


On 4/20/08, Ben Swann <benswann at verizon.net> wrote:
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>  Chris,
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> Just replace the switch and be done with it.
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> Ben
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> *From:* LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:27 PM
> *To:* audi at humanspeakers.com
> *Cc:* JeffreyZentner at aol.com; benswann at verizon.net; quattro at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: 88 5KTQ this week my idle speed has gone up
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> Ah, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant jumpering the break in the Circuit
> board trace that causes the switch to fail as if the switch wasn't
> triggered. I recall that Scott put a how-to jumper the trace. Of course
> jumpering the switch closed would be self defeating.
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> On 4/20/08, *Huw Powell* <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
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> Also, I forgot, it is quite likely that the switch is a single piece unit.
> If you check Scott's site, you will get the part number of the desired and
> updated switch, which overcomes the broken
> circuit board problems that the earlier (direct replacement) part had. It
> also describes how you can jumper your existing switch until you can get
> the
> replacement switch, as I recall. I also recall that the jumpering tends to
> be a rather temporary repair.
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> Very temporary - if the idle switch doesn't open (or is jumpered closed),
> on most of these cars, you'll be stuck below a brick wall at about 1400 rpm.
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> Huw Powell
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> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
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> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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