ignition problems (i think) somebody please help!!!!

[Huw Powell]

There are five windows in the dizzy.  And, yes, the tach runs off the 
coil terminal.

cobram at juno.com wrote:
> What's it use to reference #1, just the dizzy window?  What's it use for
> an RPM signal, the coil?  I thought the I5's were all basically the same,
> I stand corrected.  I've had the '88 90Q for years now, never needed more
> than brakes and radiators.  KISS at work.
> 
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> "God's a kid with an ant farm. He's not planning anything."
> 
> Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> writes:
>> There's no flywheel sender on the 88 90Q.
>>
>> cobram at juno.com wrote:
>>> Symptoms sound like it could be a bad reference sender at the 
>> flywheel. 
>>> Check the Bentley for testing procedure, don't have a copy handy 
>> at then
>>> moment, but IIRC there should be 1000 olhm's between the first and 
>> second
>>> terminal at the plug.
>>>
>>> BCNU,
>>> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>>> "God's a kid with an ant farm. He's not planning anything."
>>>    
>>> donald grady <audilvr at hotmail.com> writes:
>>>> i'm driveng an '88 90 quattro 5 cyl.this problem has been 
>> escalating 
>>>> for a while and now the car is not driveable. it started out that 
>>>> the engie will cut out at 3000 rpm kind of like a rev limiter.i 
>>>> found if the fuel meter on the front of the cis fuel meter is 
>>>> unplugged, the car will run fine...but the onboard computer goes 
>> to 
>>>> all zero's when 3000 is reached. i've tried swapping just about 
>>>> everything i can think of but i can't finnd the problem and now 
>> tthe 
>>>> car won't idle or run properly. it surges stalls and 
>> backfires(blew 
>>>> the side out of the muffler when it backfired).i'm at a loss and 
>>>> running in circles.if anyone thinks they can help, please do. 
>>>>
> 
> 

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Huw Powell

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