No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick

[LL - NY]

If you didn't know about the sensitivity of CIS to vacuum, you do now... ;-)


On 12/3/08, Danton J.A. Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You have got to be kidding, something that SIMPLE!?!??!!?!?
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM,  <JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com> wrote:
> > Hi All
> > Thanks for the help. I checked the cap it looked fine, then I looked at
> the dip
> > stick and it looked like it was part way out so I pushed it in good and
> tight
> > and the car runs fine. Thanks again.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Alta CA
> > 5TK
> >
> > Quoting Dave Yentema <yentemad at rider.edu>:
> >
> >> If you pull the dipstick out, there should be a rubber o-ring on there
> that
> >> seals it within the tube. The oil filler cap should fit snuggly, and
> there
> >> should be a rubber gasket on the inside of that as well
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com>
> >> To: <jlagnese at massed.net>
> >> Cc: <>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:09 AM
> >> Subject: Re: No Idle
> >>
> >>
> >> >I have looked for vacuum lines around the dip stick but do not see any.
> Did
> >>
> >> >I
> >> > miss something?
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >> >
> >> > Quoting jlagnese at massed.net:
> >> >
> >> >> Sounds more like a large vacuum leak. Did you knock
> >> >> off a vacuum line or hose?
> >> >>
> >> >> John
> >> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >>
> >> >>   Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:34:11 -0800
> >> >>   From: JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com
> >> >>   Subject: No Idle
> >> >>   To: quattro at audifans.com
> >> >>   >Hi All
> >> >>   >I drive a 87 5000 Turbo Quattro daily. This
> >> >>   morning when I went to start it, it
> >> >>   >would not idle. Sometimes it runs a little ruff
> >> >>   in the morning but this never
> >> >>   >changed. The one thing I did last night was to
> >> >>   add more oil. This morning it is
> >> >>   >hard to start and if I take my foot of the gas
> >> >>   and the RPM go below 1000 the
> >> >>   >engine will die. I have looked for wires I might
> >> >>   have pulled off when adding
> >> >>   >oil but I do not see any. I looked at what I
> >> >>   think is the idle adjustment screw
> >> >>   >in the front of the turbo housing and it is still
> >> >>   there. When I try to start it,
> >> >>   >it is like the fuel from the pump is there but it
> >> >>   will not continue to run
> >> >>   >without just the right amount of gas at just the
> >> >>   right time. What has gone
> >> >>   >wrong?
> >> >>   >
> >> >>   >Jeff Zentner
> >> >>   >
> >> >>   >Alta CA
> >> >>   >
> >> >>   >87 5TK
> >> >>   >
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