RE: 86 4000 CSQ help requested

["Perry, Chris" <perryc@wdni.com>]

I would think I might be a little "safer" to just jumper the relay and see
if the car starts :^)  

chris perry (with images of a burned out shell of a beautifial 4kq)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brinkman, Gerardo V [SMTP:GB127167@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 22, 1999 6:23 AM
> To:	quattro@audifans.com
> Subject:	86 4000 CSQ help requested
> 
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 16:50:26 -0700
> 
> >This morning on the way to work on Bear Creek Road my 86 4000 CSQ simply
> >quit running as I drove down the long
> > hill into silicon valley.  No pops, no splutters, simple stopped
> running.
> 
> 	IF you have spark, the timing belt is okay and you are sure the 
> 	distributor is correctly set, I would strongly suspect a fuel inj.
> problem.
> 
> 	Try this :
> 
> 	Loosen one of the banjo bolts on top of the fuel distributor, on a
> fuel inj. line
> 	which feeds the engine. Turn the ign. on, listen for the fuel pump
> coming on.
> 	If you get a spray of fuel from the loosened bamjo bolt, the fuel
> inj. is probably okay
> 
> 	If not suspect the fuel pump relay - to test it, remove the relay
> and use a wire to 
> 	make the connection on the fuse relay panel (effectively by-passing
> the relay).
> 
> 	Turn the ign. on again and watch for a spray of fuel at the loosened
> banjo bolt
> 	If you do not get a spray of fuel - the problem is with the fuel
> pump relay.
> 
> 	BTW - be careful of any open flames/exhaust when you loosen that
> banjo bolt -
> 	you have fuel pressure of 80psi coming out - have a fire
> extinguisher handy.
> 
> 	If everything checks out - start suspecting the fuel dist. and the
> attached air flow flap.
> 	You can manually raise the air flap and try to start the car, if
> this works, you may find that 
> 	the air sensor plate is slightly out of adjustment. This happened to
> me once, the air sensor
> 	flap was hanging on the on the housing when - I readjusted the air
> sensor flap and has worked
> 	great since then.
> 
> 	another idea is take a look at the fuse for the computer (it the one
> that looks like a spare fuse !!!!)
> 	gerry