[s-cars] Nasty Misses when Pushing the "93 S4

[Bob DG]

What about a replacement for the 3.0 bar sensor?

>From: Richard Tanimura <richard.tanimura at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Richard Tanimura <richard.tanimura at gmail.com>
>To: Chris Holinger <chris.holinger at gmail.com>
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Nasty Misses when Pushing the "93 S4
>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:17:13 +0100
>
>Chris,
>
>Those symptoms sound familiar. Lots of us have BTDT. Could be a bad
>MAP sensor. Could also be a leak in the boost tract. Leaks are pretty
>common if you still have not changed your rubber hoses in a while.
>
>1. Pressure test the boost tract and listen for leaks. Check the
>clamps for tightness.
>
>2. If it isn't a leak and you are certain it is the MAP sensor I
>recommend VMAP. VMAP makes a dandy replacement to the Bosch 2,5 bar
>sensor.
>
>http://moreboost.com/
>
>Rich
>
>On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:47:03 -0800, Chris Holinger
><chris.holinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In Seattle, WA and was just diagnosed with a bad ECU pressure sensor.  
>The
> > Beast is shutting off the fuel when I really put the spurs to it so 
>it¹s
> > bucking big time.  Or, as Bob Myers put it:
> > ³symptoms:  starts fine.  Idles fine. Cruises at constant speed fine.  
>Will
> > accelerate if not done too enthusiastically.  If you get heavy on the 
>loud
> > pedal you have a nasty miss.²
> > Suggestions based upon the fact that I would like to upgrade in the near
> > future?  Keep in mind, I just want to make it back to Chicago by the end 
>of
> > the month safely.
> >
> > Å’Preciate any other help/advice you can offer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
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