Re: Odd problem with 90q20v

[Tomas Leveckis <tomas.leveckis@analog.com>]

it can happen.....one time I started my 90Q20V, and the dash computer went
ballistic.........all the lights came on at once.......turned the car off,
restarted it,
never saw it again.......

Gaidos, A. wrote:

>  Momentary ECU puke? One thing I have yet to find in a car is a momentary
> anything. It seems to me that car problems may go away but never fix
> themselves and inevitably return at the worst opportunity. I was starting to
> warm up to the idea of the fuel pump or fuel pump relay but with numerous
> replies regarding temporary ECU farts is new to me. Is this possible that
> the ECU can have a temporaary senior moment, reset itself and then be happy
> ever after?

ever have a computer hang up???? ever have a computer not boot up
successfully??
not supposed to happen, but once in a great while it does......`now that this
has
happened to you, you're probably OK for the next 50-60K

>
>  I did type one thing wrong in my original post. The car never died but
> certainly wouldn't go over 2K rpm. The idle went up to around 1500 rpm and
> any attempt to give it gas caused sputtering and missing - like a fuel or
> vacuum problem. Hmmm.
>  I guess I need to learn how to read the fault codes.
> Thanks all
> Anton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ----> Bob <mx@snet.net>
> To: John Cunningham <johnc@together.net>
> Cc: Gaidos, A. <agaidos@got.net>; Quattro <quattro-digest@audifans.com>;
> Audi 20V List <audi-20v@emailsol.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Odd problem with 90q20v
>
> >
> >
> >John Cunningham wrote:
> >>
> >> momentary vapor lock, which then released while engine was off?
> >>
> >
> >I would guess it would be damn near impossible to vapor lock a motronic
> >engine.
> >The fact that he shut it off and on again, and it was fine makes me
> >think electrical reset maybe a momentary ECU puke.
> >
> >Bob
> >