S4 Idle issues

[Huw Powell]

Intermittent issue with ignition switch?

On 12/7/2011 4:52 AM, mike wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Car is a ’99 B5 S4 and it just started failing to idle on start-up
>
> Last night, out from work, start it, it caught&  then
> died. Restart, same thing. Restart again but with a bit of throttle and it was back
> to normal idle after a few seconds.
>
> Drive 100 yds to car park exit and it was idling normally,
> out of the car park, cover another 400 yds, switch off, post some letters, try
> to restart and it died twice then idles normally.
>
> Drive 5 miles with the occasional “take it out of gear and
> see if it idles” test, all fine and no problem manoeuvring into parking space
> at home.
>
> Out this morning, first start, caught&  then died, restart
> and it’s fine.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
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