[V8] idlle /driving problem continues

Kent McLean kentmclean at mindspring.com
Fri Mar 31 08:35:31 EST 2006


John Dodd wrote:
> Today, finally I received the new FPR. Of course it did not solve the
> problem as one of you already mentioned. To review: idle fluctuates
> and especially in drive it's much worse.

Funky idle to me means a) bad O2 sensor or b) dirty ISV (idle
stablizer valve).  

If the O2 sensor was replaced with a dab of silcon/silcone based
anti-sieze, that does bad stuff to the sensor and will kill it in short
orfer.  

The ISV is easy to clean. See:
http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/IsvCleaning

For more info, Google:
site:www.audifans.com v8 isv cleaning

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke


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