Looking for some help...

[Grant Lenahan]

listen for the fuel pump - they are noisy - at least in my old 90q and C4

urq wrote:
> ... I was thinking along similar lines ... I don't have direct BTDT with
> this car, but quick loss and restoration of power sounded to me like an
> intermittent fuel pump too.  
>
> Good luck on the job hunt ... that is somewhere I do have BTDT ... don't
> know what you do, but in my circles it looks like things are picking up ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> You have three things to check, always:
>
> - gas
> - fuel
> - air
>
> Somehow, this sounds like intermittent fuel.  Pump?  Filter?
>
> Happy chasing
>
> Grant
> On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Kyle D. Ledford wrote:
>
>   
>> OK.. I haven't been too active on the list lately.  more lurking.  Having
>> recently entered the world of the unemployed I am trying to diagnose a
>> problem that showed up before I go to the shop. My 2001 A6 2.8Q has
>>     
> started
>   
>> an interesting problem. It is not consistent. The car when warmed up will
>> idle down and stall..   It also occasionally will feel like it is going to
>> quit while driving. Almost like a miss but I don't think it is missing. I
>> had a plug go bad back last summer and know what the miss felt like..this
>>     
> is
>   
>> different.. It's almost like the car stops and then starts right back up
>> instantly. I replaced all the plugs last summer(late July)..  
>>
>>
>>
>> I guess I am looking for where to start with this one.  I haven't done
>>     
> much
>   
>> work on this car.  and I have been lazy (or too busy with work ) to do
>>     
> what
>   
>> I have had done myself so I am looking to attack this with my time (free
>> Labor)  if possible before I take it in to the shop. 
>>
>>
>>
>> Any guidance on where to start would help.  
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>> 2001 A6Q
>>
>> 1990 CQ
>>
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>
> Grant Lenahan
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