Looking for some help

[Lee Levitt]

You can also check to see who has a VAG-COM setup in your area. 
There's a list of people that own them and will pull codes for 
you, either on the Ross website or on one of the forum sites. I've 
had a couple of people stop by my place for this (free) service.

Lee


Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> writes:


> Kyle D. Ledford wrote:
>> My 2001 A6 2.8Q has started an interesting problem. It is not 
>> consistent. The car when warmed up will idle down and stall..
> 
> Taking it to the shop they'll charge you $75/hour to diagnosis.
> Since your car is newer than 1995, you can spend that $75 on an
> OBD-II scanner and D-I-Y. I got one of these:
> <http://www.actron.com/whats_new_detail.php?id=20>
> 
> That will give you the codes and pinpoint a sensor that may be
> misbehaving.  If you can't afford the $75, then take it to one
> of the national auto parts chains that'll scan the codes for
> free (in the hope you'll buy the parts you need from them).
>