Re: (engine) Check (?)

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks Ellis <brooks@frii.com>
To: quattro list <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 3:21 AM
Subject: (engine) Check (?)


>
>(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;

    What you probably saw was the engine check light. When this comes on, it
usually means that a fault code has been set in the ECU. Read out your codes
to see what the fault is. When toubleshooting engine problems, reading out
the codes can save a lot of guesswork.
    The Bentley describes the code reading procedure and lists the meaning
of the codes. Since you still have an engine check light ( they were removed
and/or not factory installed beginning around '89), the Bentley procedure
using the 10A fuse in the fuel pump relay may work in your car. If not,
Scott has an excellent description of how to obtain and read the trouble
codes from the later (and earlier) model cars on his website at
www.teleport.com/~scottmo/ecuf.hlml . Scott's description is a lot easier to
understand than the Bentley's!

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  254k km