Re: (engine) Check (?)

[Pcarselle <pcarselle@worldnet.att.net>]

Brooks Ellis wrote:
> 
> (89.5 200Q)
> I was driving home tonight, and whenever I exceded 3000 RPM, some yellow
> light came on in the dash... I couldn't make out the picture, but I could
> see the 'CHECK' notice...
> 
> ? What's wrong with my new baby?
> 
> I'm guessing OIL pressure, but really don't know. I'm pretty concerned
> about it, I don't want to let my baby get sicker...
> 
> Anyone have some clues?
> 
> Oh wait -
> I'm looking at the Manual now, and it looks like the warning light that
> came on was the Emissions Contro., System malfunction light. Why would it
> come on at 3k rpm EXACTLY under load? In the past, I've been able to crank
> out 5000+ rpm and way high boost, with no little problems or anything.
> 
> Can someone help my dear Mortis? I fear that he is sick, but don't really
> understand the analog lights that have just been popping up. Popping up >3k
> RPM, exactly, to reiterate my position.
> 
> Thank you a thousand times, if you can help me.. My audi is one of the few
> things that keeps me going, and alive.. My dear pale horse Mortis died
> protecting me, and now that Mortis has been re-incarnated, I want to repay
> the favor.. No more Jeep trails, no more blasting through the wilderness
> with 600+ extra lbs of weight to rip apart the engine blok. I want to treat
> Mortis nicely, because in his former life, he died protecting me from years
> of surgery and  rehabilitation.
> 
> ( I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and ran into solid obsticals over 50 mph,
> and Mortis saved me from Dying, or years of plastic surgery.) No matter
> your religion, your 'god' let me live.
> 
> Peace kids,
> brooks (wAstED)
Brooks:
Check air filter. Make sure you have a good quality and clean filter.
HTH Pablo