[s-cars] Intermittent: Bad Idle, Stall & Black Smoke
Keith Bedard
keith at castlegraphics.net
Tue Sep 6 15:21:58 EDT 2005
Car = 1995.5 S6
Symptom = intermittent erratic idling, stalling, black exhaust smoke.
What I have already changed = coil/plug boots, fuel pressure regulator
(FPR), O2 sensor, fuel filter
I have owned this car for about 2.5 years. This condition has been
driving me insane for over a year. When I first bought the car, this
condition did not exist - car ran perfect. I had the ECU chipped when
I first bought it, and for quite some time, the performance was great.
Then it started having the strange symptoms listed above. It either
runs fairly well (with none of those symptoms), or it runs horrible
(with all of the symptoms appearing at once).
I had the VAG hooked up, and one of the possibilities the VAG suggested
was high fuel pressure (which is why I changed the FPR, which had no
affect). When it is running poorly, much black smoke, fuel odor, seems
to be burning too rich. If I accelerate hard when it is in this poor
run mode, I will sometimes get the rotten egg cat converter smell (I am
a little nervous to hollow out the cat - new strict emissions in
Massachusetts will certainly make car fail inspection if that is
done)...
We disconnected each fuel injector and saw the idle change in a similar
fashion on each one, which proved to us that the injector, POS, coil
and plug boot are good on all 5 cylinders.
I have heard rumors that a bad Water Temp Sensor can cause some weird
idle conditions.
Any BTDT, would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!
Keith Bedard
Templeton, MA
'95.5 S6
'87 4kq
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