Laffer Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Dealer contacted me today to say that the problem is 'more than likely fixed'. ALthough the car is still booked in next week at an Audi stealer (just in case), he is confident that I will have the car back tomorrow afternoon. The 'claimed' problem - an injector (on cylinder 2) that's on it's way out. He brought in an independent Audi specialist and got him to do all the diagnostic work (i assume this guy has a VAG-COM or something similar). Apparently at cold the injector is fine and gives the correct electrical resistance. When at operating temerature the resistance on the injector becomes much higher (three to four times what it should be) - the ECU then closes down that injector as it doesnt know it's there. There is a new injector arriving pre 10 in the morning. Ofcourse all this is 'allegedly'! Does this ring true to any of you in the know? Laffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Sounds like good news. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 I had an injector fail on my '96 A4 2.6 - long time ago now and can't remember the precise circumstances, but it was causing an intermittent misfire. Car was just out of its warranty, but Audi covered it anyway (after I kicked up a fuss!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Sounds fishy to me, but I hope it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laffer Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Sounds fishy to me, but I hope it works! [/ QUOTE ] You hoped right! Bloody amazing, thats all I can say. She purrs hot or cold now, cruising or under stress. Stealer left the faulty unit in the car in the box the new one came in (genuine Audi part, Made in Spain! Strange looking object to a non mechanic type chap). The problem would appear to be as they diagnosed it. So with a misfire it sounds as if it is worth checking the injectors (or at least the resistance on all the injectors, if one is very much higher than the others - it's on it's way out). Laffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Could you take a piccy of the faulty injector? Like to see it... Glad to hear the car is fine again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laffer Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Posted as attachments - hope you can see them Laffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laffer Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 and the box.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyMcC Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 ynnmm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Fanx! That looks rather dirty indeed... Some injector cleaning additive wouldn't hurt I guess. PS: the German text on the Spanish box says "closed packing not to be handed to end user" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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