Unintended Acceleration

["richie" <richie@129.119.254.187>]

This message is just my findings, not definate problems with all of 
the Audi's. 

This was done on an '84 5kS 5-speed
I had a problem w/ my idle stabilizer. I deteremined it was the 
relay. (Under the dash, biggest one). I snagged a couple at the local 
auto salvage yards. I plugged one in, all was great! So I drove it 
around the block. Pulled up in the drive way. decided to let it run a 
couple minutes while I listened to the radio.
All of the sudden the idle was at 2 Grand and climbing,
It hit 4 grand and stayed there. I shut the engine off, let it sit
30 seconds, restarted. All was Well (not really). After another 30 
seconds it did the same thing again. I unplugged the relay when this 
was happening and the idle returned to normal. I have not had a 
chance to get another relay lately so it has just been unplugged.

No more acceleration problems. 

My conclusion: The Idle Stabilizer relay cause unintended engine 
acceleration.

Change yours if your idle is starting to hunt!

Thanks,
Rich Andrews
'83 5000 Turbo (Sold)
'84 5000 S 
'85 5000 S
'86 5000 S (totaled, totally loved it)
'90 200 Turbo