[s-cars] full throttle miss - B5 A4 1.8t

[Lee Levitt]

New plugs made no difference. I did swap out a coilpack and that  
solved the problem!

Lee



On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:23 PM, derocco_16v at comcast.net wrote:

> My call would be a bad spark plug; I had something very similar  
> happen to me a while ago, and found a cracked spark plug-replaced it  
> and car feels great again. Good luck :)
>
> Martin,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
> To: "S-CAR list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>, quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:19:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [s-cars] full throttle miss - B5 A4 1.8t
>
> Patient is an '01 B5 A4 1.8t with 130K, recent coilpacks, APR chip.  
> Nothing has been changed on the car in the recent past. On heavy  
> throttle, it feels like I'm dropping a cylinder at 2800 RPM. Nothing  
> lower, and nothing at part throttle. When I've lost coilpacks, the  
> power loss is a lot more severe. This is more moderate, feels a bit  
> like hitting the rev limiter. Any thoughts on what this might be?  
> Bad spark plug? Fuel filter? If it matters, the car is silver.  
> Thanks! Lee
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