[V8] Sputtering Green Horney

[Roger Woodbury]

Yes, I really have an awful lot of confidence in John and his shop.  There
are really quite a few Audi's running around here, and I know that he is
very familiar the car the other German make as well.

Second on the list is the dealer in Waterville which is the only "real"
dealer and has the only "real" dealer shop in Maine.  I would go back there
but before I do, I want to make sure that we exhaust everything obvious.  

I really think the 02 sensor is the culprit and that it is failing.  Now
that almost everything else that is a normal, "wear"  item is replaced, the
read out on John's computer should be interesting.  That will be Tuesday,
and I'll report here, with pictures at eleven.  (well, I lied about the
pictures....)

No. No misprints in the subject line.  You've got to know my wife's sense of
humor to appreciate it, but of all the appropriate adjectives, "outrageous"
comes quickest to mind.

Roger


-----Original Message-----
From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 12:33 PM
To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Cc: v6-12v at audifans.com; 'V8 Audi Fans'
Subject: Re: [V8] Sputtering Green Horney

Roger Woodbury wrote:
> Well, no.  Not really.  But our 1994 Audi 100CS Avant has an horrific
> problem that defies diagnosis and repair.  
>
> Last summer I replaced all plugs and wires and the problem seemed to go
> away.  Occasionally we would get a mysterious "check engine" light and a
> trip to the wrench's computer did not yield what I expected, which would
> have been an oxygen sensor.  

I know you trust your mechanic. But this time he isn't getting the job done.
No 
one is perfect.  I see 2 options to minimize your pain.

1. Invest ~$200 and get VAG-COM. Use it while driving the car. When the
    check-engine light comes on, stop and see what VAG-COM has to say.
    My gut says it's a sensor, slowly failing.

2. Take it to a good independent Audi wrench.  Northern European Automotive
    is in Concord NH, about 2 hours from Portland. Add another hour that you
    from Portland.  6 hours total.  It might be worth a day to schedule it.
    Kill the day waiting for the fix (or leave with enough knowledge to fix
    it).  You can walk downtown to the bookstore, find something to read,
    then hit a coffee shop. Or grab a ride to Borders, which has a
Starbucks.

Either way you're out money or time. But that seems to be route you've been 
taking, and you haven't made any progress. These options might get you to
where 
you want to be.

HTH.

P.S. Was that a typo in th Subject line?

-- 
Kent McLean
'99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic. "Yeah, Baby!"
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'91 200 TQA #1, undecided
'91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke

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