Re: Audi Flu

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> I've got something of a mystery going on in my 1985 4kq.  I know for a
> fact that the thermo-time switch is on the fritz, making cold starting
> something of a chore, but that's not the real problem, I think.  

Nah, that shouldn't make it too bad.

>First my
> car started coughing out a dirty black liquid that smelled like gas
> through the tail pipe for about a week, then stopped.  Now it's doing
> this stalling thing.  Actually, it's not stalling, but stuttering like
> it's running out of gas.  The car does keep running, however.  It
> normally does it at speed, but other than that it seems random.

Sounds like dirty/wet gas to me (but what do I know?)

Try running the tank low, and then get some fresh good fuel with a can
of techron.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250