Re: 86 4kq dies while moving

[drmarino@juno.com]

Fred:

Thanks for your suggestion. I have not used any kind of fuel filler cap.
Everything on
the car is standard to Audi. I have a locking gas cap so I doubt anyone
put anything
in the gas tank.
BTW - The car is still at the dealer's. They checked the fuel pump, fuel
pump relay
(I told them to check the fuel pump relay circuit board in particular
based on suggestions from the list). All to no avail. The service writer
told me he has had a Porche 911 in the shop for 5 weeks with the same
exact problem. Since it is too dangerous to drive I plan to leave the car
there until they find the problem.
I love that car and hope I can get it back soon.

Dom

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:29:46 -0500 "Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca> writes:
>Dom;
>
>    An off-the -wall suggestion - I've heard of a similar problem 
>caused by
>a rag in the gas tank. It plugs the fuel pump pick-up, car quits, rag 
>floats
>away, car starts and runs fine until rag plugs the pick-up again. You
>haven't been using one of those "good ol' boy" fabric fuel filler 
>caps, have
>you? :o)
>
>Fred Munro
>'91 200q  263k km
>-----Original Message-----
>From: drmarino@juno.com <drmarino@juno.com>
>To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:54 AM
>Subject: 86 4kq dies while moving
>
>
>>My 86 4kq developed a problem of dying as I was driving. This 
>happened
>>the last 3 times I drove it. It has been at the dealer's repair shop 
>for
>>almost a week and they tell me they can't find the problem. At first 
>they
>>had run it on a lift for several hours without the engine quiting. 
>Then
>>they test drove it for well over 1/2 hours and still no problem. 
>Finally,
>>it did stall out on a test drive. They cannot as yet find the problem
>>because it is intermittent. The car has 234+ k miles on it and has 
>been
>>serviced faithfully on schedule by the same dealer. No one else ever
>>worked on the car. The service writer told me the car runs very well 
>with
>>no signs of any problems - except of course when it dies. When it 
>quits
>>it may or may not start up right away.
>>I realize no one can give me an answer to this problem. However, if
>>anyone has had the same problem and discovered the solution I would
>>greatly appreciate hearing from you. Obviously, I can go the route of
>>replacing parts one by one but that can be very costly as well as
>>frustrating.  Also, it is very dangerous to drive the car in this
>>condition since it just dies without any warning whatsoever (e.g. no
>>vibration, engine cough, etc.).
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any insights.
>>
>>Dom
>>
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