[s-cars] Perplexed

[Matt twentyV]

Have you checked/ redone the grounds on the back of
the head?
-Matt

--- Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Brett,
> 
> The cut-outs have not returned since Christmas (for
> which I'm 
> thankful).  My thinking at this point is to hand my
> favorite 
> independent wrench my wallet, my credit card, my ATM
> card with PIN 
> number and a mortgage on my home and tell him to
> replace every sensor 
> which could conceivably be even remotely related to
> the problem.
> 
> The better half just ordered a new 2007 scoobie
> Forester w/ turbo 
> engine and manual tranny.  The Legacy was NLA w/
> manual tranny. No 
> Audi for her.  :-(
> 
> BTW, let me be the first to wish everyone a Merry
> Christmas.  We have 
> one coming y'know.  ;-)
> 
> 
> At 04:35 PM 12/28/2006, Brett Dikeman wrote:
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> >On Dec 27, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
> >
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> >>Hi Y'all,
> >>
> >>Well what with one thing and another we had to
> take our Christmas
> >>trip (~700 miles) in the urS6 with the engine
> cut-out problem.  Q:
> >>How did we take the trip?  A: With a great deal of
> apprehension.  Q:
> >>How did the car do?  A: Flawlessly.  Now the
> question is "Why?"
> >
> >Marc Swanson and I had a chat about this once- my
> car loves long
> >highway drives, and seems to get cranky around-town
> driving; the 
> >butt- o-meter says power is down after lots of
> around-town trips, and a
> >good hour to two hours of highway driving will make
> it more responsive.
> >
> >On the highway, the engine is running with very
> little vacuum
> >compared to idling/around town driving.  I think
> the theory goes that
> >the car sucks more crankcase gunk bumming around
> town, and a nice
> >long highway drive clears things out.  Or, that I
> have a vacuum leak
> >somewhere (I regularly test with a pressure tester,
> so this is less
> >likely) and the ECU is adjusting all its adaptation
> values for the
> >leak at vacuum, and thus screwing up mixture under
> power/boost.
> >
> >Maybe give the crank breather system the hairy
> eyeball?  How's the
> >car been since?  Has it gone back to its tricks?
> >
> >Oh- and did you have a fresh tank of gas?  I've
> heard the new ethanol
> >blends have a -very- short "tank life."
> >
> >Let us know if you figure it out.
> >
> >Brett
> >
> >
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> 
> Bob
> urS6 with RS2 and other mods for sale:
> http://chips-ur-s.com/S6.html
> 
> 
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