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

[Tony]

Disconnect the air mass sensor and see if you can full throttle then.. 
sounds like a bad sensor. You can drive around with the sensor disconnected, 
but Im not sure for how long.
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From: "brian hoeft" <qweblog at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:04 AM
To: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
Cc: "S-CAR list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; 
<derocco_16v at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] full throttle miss - B5 A4 1.8t

> sounds spark related from your description.  those coil packs suck, also,
> ive replaced a couple coil harnesses for customers that resulted in long
> term succes. everyone breaks the harness clips and a lot of the sheathing
> gets worn to the point of exposing bare wire,
>
> -brian
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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