Re: '91 Coupe Quattro Problem

[David Giannandrea <giannandrea@sprintmail.com>]

Chris Gharibo wrote:
> 
> I have a '91 Audi Coupe with 34k miles.  Last several days as I am driving
> the car, the engine would instantly cut off and come back on again, several
> times a trip.  The situation progressively worsened so that today the car
> just stalled at idle and I had considerable difficulty restarting it.  As I
> was driving it back home it cut out and came back on again.
> 
> The car still has the original fuel filter and I am thinking this may be
> the problem?  Any other thoughts on what's most likely causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
When this happened to me in my 85 5000 it was the fuel pump RELAY !
It would overheat when there was a big fuel demand, cut out, cool off,
restart. Mostly without coming to a complete halt.

Good luck
David