Re: help!

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramana Lagemann <elmool@tiac.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>; audi-20v@emailsol.com
<audi-20v@emailsol.com>
Date: Saturday, June 27, 1998 8:37 PM
Subject: help!


>Here is the situation:
>I am driving down the highway... engine cuts out. I let off the gas and
>press it, power is back. 10 seconds later, power cuts out again. I grind
>to a halt. Car will not rev over 1700 rpm. I drive off the highway under
>idle speed in fifth gear (~24mph) The engine cuts out at _any and all_
>attempts to rev over 1700rpm. I decide to turn around and limp home, 25
>minutes (normal driving time) away. half an hour later, about 5 miles
>from home, I decide to make a phone call to an Audi friend nearby, He is
>not home. I hop back in the car, and floor the gas to see if any revs
>will build, and viola!! she revs! I then begin driving, but the motor
>still intermittently cuts out at various rpms. This could be countered
>be letting off the gas and getting back on... revs will build all the
>way to redline, but the car still cuts out randomly.
>
>What the f*ck is going on?!?!?
>
>When the car initially cut out and would not rev past 1600 rpm, I
>thought it was a vacuum leak, but I found no evidence. Now that it revs
>up, I have not a clue whatsoever!!!
>
>one note: I did clean and reoil my K&N cone filter yesterday and parked
>the car for the night. This morning, I noticed some excess oil from the
>K&N dripped out... is it possible that some of the K&N oil got sucked
>into the motor and played havoc with the sensors? Did the motor start
>running better because motor "cleaned" itself out?
>
>Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>--
>**********************
>* Ramana Lagemann
>* Cohasset, MA
>* 1990 CoupeQ20V


    Plugged fuel filter? Defective fuel pump?

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  255k km