Re: 4KQ acceleration/idle problems

["Rene C. Duvekot" <brazil@gate.net>]

Try Fuel Pump Relay replacement.

Rene

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> From: J. Smethers <smethers@fast.net>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: 4KQ acceleration/idle problems
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:25 PM
> 
> Audi'ites,
> I've been having some trouble lately with my 4K.  It seems to get very
> bogged down when I start it up, feels like it's not running on all
> cylinders.  When I press down on the throttle, it continues to bog down.
> The only time it improves is if I stab the accelerator all the way to the
> floor, and then the car revs up very quickly.  As I let up on the
throttle,
> the sputtering/rough idle continues.  It does not good to feed steady
> throttle until the car warms up because this problem can occur after an
> hour's worth of driving too.
> Of course these symptoms are sporadic (took the car on an 800 mile trip
> without incident) and I cannot get the car to misbehave in front of the
> wrench.  I cleaned my ISV several months back and have tried new plugs. 
Any
> help would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,  Jeffrey Smethers (smethers@fast.net)
> General Manager - Span America
> '74 tii, '86 4KCSQ