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Fuel injection problem (?)
Roger Galvin's 'new' 1989 Coupe quattro (KV engine, non-turbo, 60k) has become
_very_ difficult to start when cold.
Roger called out the RAC, who fiddled with it for two hours and then flat-
bedded him home (ca. 210 miles). I had a play with it, and following Roger's
suggestion that it was a fuel-related problem, checked the system and control
pressures. System is about 5.4 bar, which I think is low but not low enough to
be a problem. Control is 0.4 bar when cold, which I think is _definitely_ a
problem. CPR is as per Fig. 5-3, page 6-16 of Probst.
I jumpered the fuel pump (and thus the control pressure regulator - same
circuit) direct from the battery and control pressure slowly (we're talking
continental drift here) rose to 2.8 bar - at this point we were able to start
the engine and control pressure eventually reached 3.1 bar. The car was driven
50 miles, stopped, restarted after four hours and driven home.
A replacement CPR has been ordered.
This morning, it wouldn't start again. I repeated the above trick and got to
a control pressure of 2.5 bar. No dice - the engine wasn't even vaguely
interested.
Two questions:
a) Has anyone BTDT?
b) The fuel metering head is _different_ yet again. This time, instead of
a casting for six ports with one not drilled out, it's a real six-port
head. Five of the ports are connected to the normal injectors - the
sixth feeds the cold start valve. I've never seen an arrangement like
this before. Does anyone have any experience/tips to share?
--
Phil Payne
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club