[s-cars] New faltering problem

[Robert Myers]

Dennis, Tom, Mark, et al,

The fuse, purportedly for the OXS heater circuit, is not in the location 
shown in the "This is on page 30- of the VAG143AAN Motronic pamphlet." spot 
as provided by Tom.  In fact there is no fuse socket there either.  Nor are 
most of the other various relays present.  (Pic available.)  I did find a 
15A fuse at the opposite end of the relay block.  I pulled this fuse and it 
was in good condition.  I reinserted it and then, because I had an errand 
which had to be taken care of, I fired the car up and headed out the 
driveway.  The falter, on this run anyway, looks to be gone or at least 
very nearly so.  Possibly just removing and reinserting the fuse cleaned 
the contacts sufficiently to allow the OXS heater to work?  Also possibly 
I've learned to compensate for the weak fuel flow by feathering the 
clutch.  More testing is required but maybe...  Maybe something else???

Someone suggested checking the engine temperature sender.

Bob

At 02:27 PM 7/20/2007 -0400, dgraber460 at aol.com wrote:

>After reading a few of your posts it occrredu to me that what you are 
>experienceing is the same thing my car has been doing since the 1.8 coil 
>swap. If I let it warm up a few minutes it runs fine. There was some list 
>talk of other cars doing the same post 1.8 swap, but I never saw anyone 
>post a resolution.
>Anyone ever figure that out? Maybe the same culprit?
>
>Dennis
>Denver
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Myers <Bob at chips-ur-s.com>
>To: Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net>; Mark Turczyn <mkturczyn at verizon.net>
>Cc: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 9:08 am
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] New faltering problem
>
>
>Mark,
>
>Scott may have put the fuse location info in his website but that doesn't 
>mean I could find it there. Where is that bugger?
>
>Needless to say, the new OXS did not help at all. So much for my failing 
>sense of humor, Tom. ;-)
>
>As per other suggestions, the fuel pump is virtually brand new - less than 
>1,500-2K miles on it. I guess that doesn't mean automatically that it is 
>good but that would put it quite a way down on the list of suspects.
>
>Bob
>
>At 10:14 PM 7/19/2007 -0400, Tom Green wrote:
>
> >*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
> >That's the stuff that makes legends, Mark. It's not the first report
> >that the vaunted fault code system comes up blank just when you need
> >it. The intermittant
> >CPS fault has left some in the cold without a code stored. I hope
> >lots of listers read your email.
> >
> >But, Mr Chips needed his chain pulled since I know he thought of
> >codes at the start, but failed to remind us that hardware problems
> >kept him from investigating
> >further. :-)
> >
> >The only weird part is owning an s-car that did did not run very well
> >for two years. :-)
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >On Jul 19, 2007, at 5:52 PM, Mark Turczyn wrote:
> >
> >>For the first two years I had my Avant and it just did not run very
> >>well -=- but it did not display any of the faltering you talk
> >>about. I bought when it was two years old. I checked for fault
> >>codes and replaced plugs and the O2 and no change. Well one day I
> >>checked for the O2 heater fuse. Guess what-- no fuse.-- the socket
> >>was empty. I put in a fuse (I do not believe it was a relay) and
> >>it ran great. I passed this info on to Scott to add to his website
> >>for the location of the S6 O2 heater fuse. I had no reason to
> >>believe that the dealer removed it so all I can think is that it
> >>never had one. The motor must have warmed up fast enough not to
> >>pull a code all that time.
> >>
> >>Just my weird addition to this discussion.
> >>--
> >>Mark Turczyn
> >
> >
> >
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