[V8] exhaust soot and poor gas mileage update

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yup.  It did.  Thanks, Mike.  Ran the codes after driving to the office this
morning but before turning the engine off: 4444: Yipee!  And she idles at
650-700 rpm :-)  Maybe this will have taken care of my high rpm engine
exhaust smoking problem...Too bad we don't have dry clear weather today to
test this out.  In any case, she seems much more responsive.  God knows how
long the temp sensor has been out/ on it's way out -- I wouldn't be
surprised that it's been since I bought the car over a year ago...

My advice: Check your ECU codes sooner rather than later...

-Ingo
'91 200q20v...Slightly modified
'84 Tornado Red Urquattro Euro spec
'91 v8 quattro 5-Speed (not exactly stock) :-)
'91 V8 pearl (new addition)
http://hometown.aol.com/quattringo/index.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Larosa Jr" <Mc.Larosa at Sun.COM>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
Cc: "V8 List" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] exhaust soot and poor gas mileage update


> Hope that does it for ya Ingo :)
>
> Mike,
>
>
>
> Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> > Replaced the temp sensor at the back of the pass side cylinder head and
so
> > far so good.  One noticeable difference (hey, I've only been able to
test it
> > at night so far) is that the previously "sticking" or higher than normal
> > idle is back to where it should be (650-800).  What an easy sensor to
> > replace.  I just backed the car up on my Rhino rams to minimize coolant
loss
> > (as I believe Dave Head suggested), let her cool down and had the old
sensor
> > out and the new one in within 10 minutes...
> >
> > Cleared the codes and will recheck tomorrow.
> >
> > -Ingo
> > '91 200q20v...Slightly modified
> > '84 Urquattro
> > '91 v8q 5-speed w/ lots of mods :-)
> > http://hometown.aol.com/quattringo/index.html
> >
> >
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