No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick

[Dave Yentema]

I spent two months once chasing down some vac problems, car wouldn't start 
worth a shiv unless I punched the gas the second it fired... I ended up 
replacing EVERY vac line, and it started a lot better, but my idle mixture 
was in left field from people in the past overcompensating. now i've decided 
my inector seals are leaking vacumm as well.....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LL - NY" <larrycleung at gmail.com>
To: "Danton J.A. Cardoso" <djacardoso at gmail.com>
Cc: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick


> 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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