Miss Piggy's Miss. :-(

[Ed Kellock]

Pig on a spit?



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> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:10 PM
> To: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com; quattro list
> Subject: Miss Piggy's Miss. :-( 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Y'all,
> 
> Several days ago Miss Piggy ('95.5 S6 w/ RS2 mods and the 1.8t coil 
> mod, etc) dropped a cylinder just before I got home with her.  Well, 
> at the time the temperature was about 4 degrees F and I decided 
> looking at her could wait a few days.  Today we're having a heat wave 
> (all the way up to 43 F) so it seemed a good day to examine her.
> 
> Found the miss quickly enough.  Disconnected injectors one at a time 
> and found that the idle got no worse when #3 was disconnected.  OK, I 
> got into my Rosattobin and retrieved my standby 1.8t coil and swapped 
> it into #3.  Problem solved - right?  No wrong.  Hmmm...  The #3 plug 
> looked a bit doubtful so it's back to the Rosattobin for a set of 
> plugs.  Changed plugs all around.  No help.
> 
> Hmmm...  Let's check compression.  150, 150, 145, 150, 125 front to 
> back.  #5 looks weak but that's not where the miss is.  OK, let's 
> stick in a fresh ECU w/ freshly burnt chips.  No change.  Checked for 
> B+ power at the white plugs on the firewall.  DMM sez all is OK w/
> nominal 12 volts everywhere.  Reconnected white plugs.  No change.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Bob
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