No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick

[Dave Yentema]

Still, go over all those cracked vac lines and replace them....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com>
To: "Dave Yentema" <yentemad at rider.edu>
Cc: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick


> 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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