[s-cars] Who's using a 1.8T coil conversion

[Wylie Bean]

Thanks Tom. I learned early on that the only thing hanging from the ignition should be the key that goes in it, so the only thing on the ring with the UrS key is that, a leather fob, and my CQ key.  Not very heavy and it happens with just my UrS key in the ignition and no ring or other key. I replaced my ignition switch not long ago with a dealer unit because the plastic was cracked at the back,  but no change. 
Ironically, the hiccup seldom  happens @ WOT. Usually it's at steady cruising speeds with little to no acceleration. 

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:48:22 
To: s-car list<s-car-list at audifans.com>; Wylie Bean<theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Who's using a 1.8T coil conversion

I know you have been through many lists of recommendations for help on  
your problem, Wylie, so this one is really not for you.  I just saw so  
much in common with your saga and one that occurred a couple of years  
ago.  It turned out in that incident that the driver had his house and  
work keys on the key ring hanging from the ignition, and every time he  
accelerated, the reactive force on the pendulum of keys would turn the  
faulty ignition switch off.

I don't think the freight train analogy is very good when it sometimes  
ends in a hiccup.  That is not train-like behavior.  The train pulls  
all the way to Santa Fe.

I think Dennis described the UrS cars best:

>> Like everything mechanical/electronic "they work fine until they  
>> don't".

Tom

On Wednesday December 29, 2010, at 3:37 PM, "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com 
 >  wrote:

> My car pulls like a freight train (well, for a stock AAN, but it  
> does run about as good as it has since purchasing it 4yrs ago)  
> except when the hiccup occurs. When it does, the car acts like it  
> shuts down for a maybe a half-second, then it's fine again. It'll do  
> it cold or warm, but mainly it's in low load situations cruising  
> along @ light throttle. It's done it under hard throttle application  
> as well, but not as often. I'm not sure if that's a function of more  
> time spent @ light throttle vs hard throttle ot not though.
>
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
>