re: CIS : Audi Motronic hot wire sensor failure=limp home mode

[C1J1Miller <C1J1Miller@aol.com>]

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 01:05:55 -0800
From: Mike Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com>
Subject: Re: CIS

Orin Eman wrote:
> 
> > This is what urks me about the CIS - it has too many things that can go
> > wrong.   Regarding your second point, my car will run just fine with a
> > hole in the intercooler hose!!!  That's a nice byproduct of EFI.
> 
> Actually, I'd say it's a nice byproduct of not using an air flow
> sensor.  The EFI systems that use an air flow sensor, hot-wire or
> whatever, will still have a problem with major vacuum leaks.
> 
> Orin.


Mike Zamikhovsky replied:
<<
I have been told that modern systems will still run in "limp home" mode
and will tell you that it is the air flow meter that has failed,
so that you can replace it.
Mike Z

P.S. Graydon knows fule management very well.>>

Having recently replaced my hot wire sensor on my '91 200 (20-valve turbo 5
cyl. 3B), I can attest to the "limp home mode" with the system generating an
error stating problems with the hot wire sensor.  

Chris Miller, Windham NH, c1j1miller@aol.com
'91 200q