No Idle Thanks All I think it was the dip stick

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

You know the amazing thing about CIS is, is that its part mechanical,
and part electronic.  Sigh, there are days that I wish my Audi was
simple to work on.  Bring back the carburetor.  Jeez, there are TDi's
that have OBD on them!!  My first car, a Rabbit Diesel was fairly
simple, aside from numerous headgaskets blowing.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:25 AM,  <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:
> Everything should be resolved so easily!!
> ---- Original message ----
>
>  Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:23:45 -0800
>  From: JeffreyZentner at colfaxnet.com
>  Subject: Re: No Idle Thanks All I think it was the
>  dip stick
>  To: Dave Yentema <yentemad at rider.edu>
>  Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>  >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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