cut out.

[Steve Sears]

Bob,
oh...OK.  It's definitely the lack of OEM POS PSO's - I had a POS OPS SOP 
PSO break on me once - took me weeks to get the change out from under the 
seats.
....nevermind....
The random cutout you're experiencing sounds like when my 5ktq had a loose 
ECU ground - when the ground was lost you could feel a the car shudder while 
driving, and then it wouldn't idle.....which is not so good when the brake 
accumulator needs a recharge badly - good thing I have big feet that can 
easily bridge the gas and brake simultaneously to keep the car running while 
bringing it to a stop.  Not sure where the ECU on an S-Car gets it's ground, 
but you might check that - the loss of power might make it forget that there 
was a hiccup.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] cut-out
> To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
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> Doesn't feel like the other coil problems I've had in the
> past.  Other times when I've had a coil fail the symptoms have been
> 100% reproducible.  This cut-out appears to be almost totally random
> and lasts for less than a second and then the engine is once again
> running normally.
>
> I will be cleaning the MAF connections, however.  That was a good 
> suggestion.
>
> Oh, BTW, I forgot to mention one other mod.  I also have the Dave
> Forgie 1.8t coil mod and no longer have to deal with the OEM POS PSO's.
>
>
> At 02:51 PM 6/18/2008, Kent McLean wrote:
>>Robert Myers wrote:
>> > I had an errand to run yesterday and while on that
>> > errand the ignition hiccuped three or four times.
>> > MRC software,
>>
>>Is it the stock ECU?  Isn't the stock ECU supposed to recognize
>>an ignition misfire?  Maybe the MRC software isn't clued in and
>>your problem is a plug/wire/coil.
>>
>>Just thinking out loud.
>>
>>--
>>Kent McLean
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>>gone but not forgotten:
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