[V8] Infamous V8 No Start

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Thu Jul 12 16:59:03 EDT 2007 

My impression was the opposite of your's.

I still have the passenger side in so I'll do a side-by-side comparison tonight.

Ed

On 7/12/07, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Urs4/6 seats actually sit you higher up than the
> older type 44 sports.
>  But the Urs4/6 sports are far superior than the older
> ones.
>  I drove from Ma$$ to MI...then to St Paul, MN to sell
> my ol Pearl beast. & I barley felt any lower/upper
> back discomfort at all!!!
>
>  Ron
>
> --- Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmm.  Don't recall if you have sport or comfort
> > seats.  Sports sit
> > lower, which is what I have in the '91 5 speed.  I
> > have the Connoly
> > ones (same height as comfort) in the '93 and am also
> > a bit cramped
> > (I'm 6'4").  Ideally, I'd like the lower seating
> > position of the
> > Sport seats or Ur S4/S6 seats for that car.
> >
> >
> > Ingo
> > '84 urq - '91 V8 5 spd - '93 V8
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jul 12, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Paul Jones wrote:
> >
> > > Well that's good to hear. I guess I won't feel
> > quite so guilty
> > > everytime the
> > > car bleeds me at the mechanic. Ironic about those
> > options you
> > > mentioned
> > > below. The remote keyless entry donsn't work and
> > the sunroof
> > > regulator is
> > > out of wack. I haven't opened the sunroof once
> > since I've owned the
> > > car. Oh
> > > well, if I had my ruthers, I'd pull it out to gain
> > some head room.
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
> > >> To: "Paul Jones" <elsey12 at hotmail.com>
> > >> CC: v8 at audifans.com
> > >> Subject: Re: [V8] Infamous V8 No Start
> > >> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:19:02 -0600
> > >>
> > >> Don't.  The $1500 5spd was no GE.  Not by any
> > stretch.  I did not buy
> > >> it, btw, my friend did for his brother in FL.  He
> > held on to it as
> > >> long as he could but his brother finally made him
> > deliver it.  He has
> > >> a very nice 94 S4 and basically quit driving it
> > while he had the
> > >> 5spd.
> > >> And then he got to drive it from CO to FL to
> > deliver it, so he had
> > >> his fun.
> > >>
> > >> In my opinion, a converted 93, as long as it's
> > not a heap, would
> > >> definitely be worth a premium over the average
> > automatic 93.  It
> > >> really will depend on the buyer.  If they want a
> > manual transmission
> > >> they will have far less to choose from.  It's
> > really apples and
> > >> oranges.
> > >>
> > >> I might put a premium on a converted 91 5spd, one
> > that has had the
> > >> 4.2
> > >> swapped in, as that is far less invasive.
> > However, you're
> > >> accepting a
> > >> somewhat lower level of content in terms of
> > keyless entry, climate
> > >> control, mirror settings in the seat memory
> > reserve, and one-touch
> > >> sunroof open.
> > >>
> > >> I paid 6800 for my 91k mile black/black 93 with
> > H&R's and Konis,
> > >> custom exhaust, and a "chipped" ECU.  If I had
> > been looking for a
> > >> 5spd
> > >> and this one was, I'd have expected to pay 8k or
> > more for it.
> > >>
> > >> Ed
> > >>
> > >> On 7/12/07, Paul Jones <elsey12 at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>> Yeah, well it makes me feel like an idiot for
> > paying as much as I
> > >>> did for
> > >>> the GE. At the end of the day, is a converted
> > '93 worth more than an
> > >>> autobox
> > >>> '93 or '91 5spd? I guess there really isn't a
> > market to gauge
> > >>> considering
> > >>> I
> > >>> have more fingers on one hand than the number of
> > '93 5spds.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Paul
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> > >>>> To: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> > >>>> CC: v8 at audifans.com
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [V8] Infamous V8 No Start
> > >>>> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:56:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> WOW...$1,500 5spd V8's are all over the place
> > >>>> huh...LOL Everyone keep looking...you'll find
> > one for
> > >>>> that price as I did, & your buddy as well Ed.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  Thanx
> > >>>> Ron & the $1,500 5spd V8 ;-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> The 5spd that was for sale here in the Spring
> > a year
> > >>>>> ago (for 1500!)
> > >>>>> was plagued with this.  The owner would run
> > the
> > >>>>> battery down and
> > >>>>> change plugs and finally threw in the towel
> > (not a
> > >>>>> DIY'er).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Ed
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On 7/11/07, FredParkerJr
> > <FredParkerJr at cox.net>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Ben -
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I am coming into this thread a little late in
> > the
> > >>>>> game, so forgive me if I
> > >>>>>> mention something that has already been
> > brought
> > >>>>> up.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> My V8 has not liked being short cycled
> > (started,
> > >>>>> moved in the driveway, and
> > >>>>>> shut off) since day one.  I have learned to
> > make
> > >>>>> it a habit to let it run
> > >>>>>> for a few minutes, presumably to allow the
> > engine
> > >>>>> management system to lean
> > >>>>>> out the mixture a bit.  I have never had a no
> > >>>>> start that I can remember, but
> > >>>>>> it is hard starting after a short cycle and
> > it
> > >>>>> definitely runs very rough
> > >>>>>> for a minute or two once it starts.  It is
> > very
> > >>>>> possible that the FPR is
> > >>>>>> dribbling a bit allowing fuel in while it is
> > off,
> > >>>>> but my guess is that it is
> > >>>>>> nothing more than a very rich condition at
> > >>>>> start-up.  By the way, changing
> > >>>>>> out the FPR is pretty easy and is probably a
> > good
> > >>>>> idea if yours is old.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Fred
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Sounds like a bad Fuel pressure regulator.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Scott,
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> This is not a reference sensor issue. I have
> > put
> > >>>>> two reference
> > >>>>>>> sensors in
> > >>>>>>> this car since we bought it and that is not
> > part
> > >>>>> of the equation
> > >>>>>>> with this
> > >>>>>>> problem.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> This is a engine-has-too-much-fuel issue
> > because
> > >>>>> when the plugs
> > >>>>>>> come out
> > >>>>>>> they are WET! This isn't a frequent issue
> > >>>>> either. We have had the
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
>
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