[s-cars] Miss Piggy's Miss. :-(

[matt ludwig.]

Could I please be reminded how to put the car through 'test mode'  
again....... thank you kindly.


matt.

On Jan 22, 2009, at 5:23 PM, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

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> injector.? You could also cycle the car through its test mode to see  
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> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> To: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 3:19 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Miss Piggy's Miss.  :-(
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> I checked for spark.? Good strong spark.? So strong, in fact,
> that the spark is almost violet in color.
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> I'm also now suspecting a bad injector.? I have some old OEM
> injectors Rosattoed away.? They aren't RS2 level but one might be
> able to tell me what I need to know.? I'll stick one in tomorrow and
> give it a try.? It's just about dinner time now.
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> At 05:13 PM 1/22/2009, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
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> Pull that coil and plug in one of your spare spark plugs... ground the
> plug body and turn the engine over and watch for spark.? That would
> be the fastest way to determine of your issue is really ignition
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> Sounds like you might have an injector problem.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
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> Sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 2:10 pm
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> Subject: [s-cars] Miss Piggy's Miss. :-(
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> Hi Y'all,
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> Several days ago Miss Piggy ('95.5 S6 w/ RS2 mods and the 1.8t coil
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> mod, etc) dropped a cylinder just before I got home with her.? Well,
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> at the time the temperature was about 4 degrees F and I decided
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> looking at her could wait a few days.? Today we're having a heat
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> (all the way up to 43 F) so it seemed a good day to examine her.
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> Found the miss quickly enough.? Disconnected injectors one at a time
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> and found that the idle got no worse when #3 was disconnected.? OK,
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> got into my Rosattobin and retrieved my standby 1.8t coil and swapped
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> it into #3.? Problem solved - right?? No wrong.?
> Hmmm...? The #3 plug
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> looked a bit doubtful so it's back to the Rosattobin for a set of
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> plugs.? Changed plugs all around.? No help.
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> Hmmm...? Let's check compression.? 150, 150, 145, 150, 125
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> back.? #5 looks weak but that's not where the miss is.? OK,
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> stick in a fresh ECU w/ freshly burnt chips.? No change.?
> Checked for
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> B+ power at the white plugs on the firewall.? DMM sez all is OK w/
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> nominal 12 volts everywhere.? Reconnected white plugs.? No
> change.
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> Suggestions?
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