[V8] Pulled codes, no joy

[Michael Larosa Jr]

this is a few years too late for me, but i now i know why i could never 
get codes from v8 #2 :)


Mike,

ex v8 owner...


Mike Arman wrote:
> 
>> : Ryandfreise at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Pulled codes, no joy
>> To: tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net
>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>>
>> >I put the fuse in my buddies V8 FP relay, and his trans went into 
>> limp mode?
>> >Don't have any clue how they are related, but that's what it did.
> 
> 
>> The V8 fuel pump relay is not supposed to have a space for the fuse. 
>> When I
>> got my car it had this style relay and it caused all kinds of havoc. 
>> Your best
>> bet is to get the correct relay in there. Also you may notice if you 
>> try and
>> drive that car around that it will shift through the gears with it 
>> showing limp
>> mode on the cluster.
>> HTH
>> Ryan
> 
> 
> 
> My V8 has the fuse space in the top of the fuel pump relay, and when I 
> put in a fuse, the codes blinked out perfectly. Transmission didn't go 
> into limp mode or anything.
> 
> This may be a running change - FP fuse relay on early models, none on 
> later models, if you have the FP fuse relay on later models and try it, 
> everything goes blooie?
> 
> As a datapoint, my car was built 6/89, is sn 1538, and the fuse-in-relay 
> setup triggers the code blinks nice as you could please, with  no ill 
> effects.
> 
> 
> (Audi V8 . . . it isn't just a car, it's an ADVENTURE!)
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Mike Arman
> 
> 
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