Re:

["Rick H. Louie" <rlouie@usa.net>]

Chris Gharibo wrote:
> 
> I have a '91 Audi Coupe with 34k miles.  Last several weeks 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 or even when the tach was over 3000.
> 
> The car did not restart until about 30 mins had elapsed.  After this half
> hour, I am not sure of it is the cooler temperature that allows the engine
> to restart or some other issue, such as fuel evaoprating.  The car would
> restart, I would drive for couple of minutes only to have it stalled again.
> 
> I did replace the fuel relay as was recommended by the list, however, this
> did not fix the problem.  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
This happened to me in my 1984 Coupe GT.  A simple change of the battery
cured the problem.  How long has it been since you changed your
battery?  I replaced mine with a AC Delco no maint battery with extra
cca  and from then on everything worked fine.
-- 
Rick H. Louie
rlouie@usa.net
1984 Coupe GT - Zermatt Silver, Chocolate Brown Leatherette, 124K