Re: stumbling 200q20v

["Dave Puterbaugh" <deputer@email.msn.com>]

You may have gotten a bad tank of gas with moisture in it?

Dave Puterbaugh
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>;
200q20v@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net <200q20v@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 11:22 AM
Subject: stumbling 200q20v


>
>Ok, bad things a-happin'in.  After my commute 30 miles into Boston, I got
>into stop and go traffic; the car started acting funny in 2nd gear, around
>2k RPM, heasitating slightly.  Then, when I stopped at the parking lot to
>get my ticket, the car was idling -very- rough...lots of vibration.
>
>The car is going in on tuesday to have the thermostat replaced; think this
>is causing the stumbling/unhappiness?  I'm wondering if part of the engine
>is overheating.  Gauges, oil and coolant, are low/normal.
>
>What the?  About the only unusual thing I did was fill up the car to full
>this morning before I left(snow storm approaching, and I was down to a 1/4
>tank.)
>
>Brett
>91 200q20v, not a happy camper
>
>