[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 16, Issue 32

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

Gentlemen:

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought no I5 engines were OBD-II compliant.  The reason being that Audi did not want to pay to certify the engine.  The beginning date for OBD-II was model year 1996 or manufactured after 12/31/95.

Mark near Chicago 





Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:25:55 -0500
From: Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at mci.com>
Subject: RE: [s-cars] ARGH!!  Stalling at idle
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Hi Rolf:

Thank you for this post and your direct post to me.  The car actually starts
fine hot or cold.  It sometimes takes a few more cranks than other times but
otherwise uneventful.  My 95.5 is OBD-1.  I think the 97s are OBD-2.

Yes, I am nearing wits end with this one and thought one last hurrah before
taking it in for "proper" diagnosis was in order.  My dilemma is finding a
trusted technician in the DC/Suburban Maryland area.

Mark

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] ARGH!! Stalling at idle


Mark, no matter what anyone says, fuel pressure is not the issue here. FP is

vacuum adjusted, not temp. driven. Yes, in effect the FP reg. could be bad, 
but it would affect more than just cold starts. The CTS is the leading input

to the ECM for cold starts. Check here first. Having said all this, your 
95.5 is possibly OBD-2 compliant and requires proper experience, info 
systems and tools to diagnose correctly. Most anyone can visually look for 
problems (broken vacuum lines or hoses) and most everyone can replace 
sensors and switches out of frustration. I have at my disposal the real 
factory info system and thousands of $$$ of quality diagnostic tools, and i 
still can find difficulty finding problems, esp. with older cars that have a

few miles on them. Unless this is a common problem with these cars, which it

isn't all that common, you'll be subject to allot of specualtion and that 
could cost you more than if you took it to a trusted technician.
> Rolf Mair
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>
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