[s-cars] RE: Cutoff at 6k rpm

[Bruce Mendel]

This is the reason why I love this list, and I don't even have a UrS4
anymore! This problem would take three months, four frustrated dealers, and
hundreds of $$s to fix, and on here it's done in ten minutes (assuming Bob
knows what he's talking about.....just kidding).

Way to go!

Bruce
01' S4, turbochargers going bad, missing my '93 S4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rossato" <bob.rossato at att.net>
To: "Rokas Reipa" <rokas at wam.umd.edu>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: [s-cars] RE: Cutoff at 6k rpm


> I had the same problem on my '95 S6 and it was driving me crazy trying to
> track down the problem.  The long and the short of it is that you are
> actually hitting the 7200 rpm redline and the ignition cut-off is kicking
> in.  The tachometer is just reading low by approximately 17%, which is
> coincidently the difference between 6 cyls and 5 cyls.  This is now the
5th
> S6 that I have heard of having this problem, and it only affects the
'95-'97
> S6 with the digital odometer as far as I can tell.
>
> Fortunately Paul Gailus determined that the fix is easy, if you have
access
> to a VAG-COM.  The instrument cluster is most likely coded for a 6
cylinder
> engine, and since it is only receiving 5 pulses per revolution, it will
read
> low.  Here is a link to the post that Paul sent on how to fix it with
> VAG-COM:
>
> http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/s-car-list/2003-May/016834.html
>
> If you don't have access to a VAG-COM the dealer will obviously be able to
> reset it for you as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if they want to
charge
> you for a minimum of 1 hour labor even though it was a mistake caused by
> whichever Audi dealership sold/serviced the car in the first place and
> didn't reset the cluster for a 5 cylinder engine.
>
> Bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> > Behalf Of Rokas Reipa
> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 1:54 AM
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Cutoff at 6k rpm
> >
> >
> > Hey everyone. My newly purchased 95.5 S6 will not allow me to
> > exceed 6k rpm.
> > Tried running it up to the redline in 2nd gear and it began bucking and
> > hesitating exactly at 6000 rpm, indicating a fuel cutoff. What gives?
What
> > can I check/do to fix this problem? Thanks,
> >
> > Rokas
> > 95.5 S6
>
>
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