[V8] SMOG MIL Problem w 90 V8 Quattro

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Just installing the lamp is not enough. There is a connector that must be 
located and connected. I think it is accessed from the center console - behind 
the radio but I have never found both halves. I don't see how they can flunk 
you for a system that technically (and proveably) does not exist for that model 
year.
It says right in the manual that only CA cars have this MIL function enabled.

Dave


Quoting Bob Herguth <rherguth at sbcglobal.net>:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to the list and have Ford EFI experience, but no Audi
> experience.
> My neighbor's 1990 Audi V8 Quattro failed a CA Smog check simply because
> the
> MIL (Check Engine Light) didn't flash during the appropriate part of the
> test.  It appears from reading the archives that pre-March 1990 cars and
> Federal, Non-CA cars didn't have a light installed.  He doesn't think it
> was
> originally a CA car, so this may be the cause of the problem, however,
> he
> just paid a shop to install a lamp and it still failed the lamp test.  I
> haven't tried flashing out the codes yet as I intend to build a VAG 1115
> tomorrow.
> 
> I also read in the archives that older cars had a place on the FP relay
> to
> cause the ouput of codes through the use of a fuse as a jumper.  This
> sounds
> very odd to me, but OK.
> 
> 1. Where is this relay on a '90 so I can give it a look?
> 
> 2. Besides this relay possibility, are there any other reasons y'all can
> think of why the MIL wouldn't flash?
> 
> 	-- Bob
> 	1986 Mustang LX 5.8l
> 	1992 Mustang LX 5.0l
> 	1994 Taurus SHO ATX
> 	1989 Taurus SHO MTX (Soon!)
> 	1999 Durango 4x4
> 
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