Re: 2-4kq's stumbling when cold

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

I did that to my 84' not to long ago.  Didn't improve on Gas performance
but helped the Idle out A LOT.  Much smoother after doing them.  Make sure
you check the Injector Seats in the head.  Mine were the old junk plastic
ones and 2 were cracked so I replaced them.  L8R

	Todd Phenneger
	1984 4000s quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
	1985 4000 quattro / Silver / Fixing it Up.
	1987 4000cs quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
	1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
   *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 Fourkguy@aol.com wrote:

> I had a similar situation in the snow & cold, rainy weather recently in NY. 86
> 4KS. Had no power on acceleration. Floored the pedal, good power. One theory I
> have, since some of my quirks are intermittent, is injector seal O rings.
> Gonna replace them 'cause when dealing with a different problem, accidentally
> sprayed carb cleaner by the injector seal. This noticeable dropped idle. Guess
> carb cleaner was getting sucked thru leaky injector seal and it doesn't burn
> so good. Bet air is getting sucked in the same way messing up the mixture.
> Will find out what the new O rings do to engine performance. Any guesses??
> 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> In a message dated 1/29/99 11:03:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> MHLIGGINS@aol.com writes:
> 
> << Think I recall all the ususal -
>  injectors, cold start valve, etc. I recently changed the ISV, to no avail,
>  because I had one from the parts car. Based on what it's doing I suspect the
>  timing advance is not working properly. I have not had time to pull the
>  distributor and look things over. I've got a spare 4K distributor that I'll
>  try, plus want to look at this one closely. >>
>