RE: Tom Nas' '98 A6 2.8 won't start...........

["Paul Wilson" <pauldwilson@ne.mediaone.net>]

This is all well timed for my purposes.

I just put an APR chip(actually a whole new ECU) in my A4 1.8TQSM.  I've
noticed the knock sensor cutting in when accelerating in higher gears.  APR
thought this was due to carbon deposits.  They recommended I try a BG
service which involves spraying some carcinogen directly into the air
intake(or maybe into a vacuum line to the manifold).

I might do this but I'm going to try the 44K first.  The car has 25k miles
on it.  Does anyone think this will solve the whole problem?  Does the full
service solve the problem.  It seems like doing the service wouldn't be very
hard if I could get the nasty chemical.  Any BTDT at home?

Thanks
Paul Wilson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of John Larson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:24 PM
> To: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: Tom Nas' '98 A6 2.8 won't start...........
>
>
> It seems to me I've heard there's a tech bulletin on this. At our shop,
> we religiously use a product called BG Products 44K, one can every 10K
> miles, dumped in the fuel tank. Keeps the intake ports and valves clean,
> saves all that hassle. In the 20s and 30s they used to decarbonise or
> decoke engines every 3K miles. Of course, it only cost about 30 bucks,
> parts and labor. I thought we'd gotten past that.
> John
>