Miss Piggy's Miss. :-(

[Ed Kellock]

Yeah, what he said, what about fuel?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of David Ullrich
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:16 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Miss Piggy's Miss. :-(
> 
> 
> Are you actually getting spark? What about the pattern from 
> the injector? Look good? I would assume you can test for 
> spark by pulling the plug, having it attached to the wire and 
> grounding the electrode to something on the engine then start 
> her up and look for spark. Then if good, pull the injector 
> and aim into a coke bottle and check for pattern? Same 
> process seem to work for most cars...not sure why it wouldn't 
> work for your Piggy...
> 
> Dave
> Audiless for now
> Wanted: 1987 CGT Triple White
> 
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Robert Myers 
> <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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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