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This is on my 1988 Audi 5000 CS Quattro.
Car started stumbling and then wouldn't run. Was told to replace the fuel pump which I did and it runs fine, until things warm up. Then the fuel pump gets louder and it will stumble and kick then shut off. I wonder if the fuel pump is getting too hot and then acting up. Should I check the grounds, fuel pump relay? Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated. These cars has CIS injection so maybe an SC owner here experienced something similar. Thanks, Mark
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Mark Francis OG Racing: Proud Sponsor of the Potomac Region DE Program OG Racing SPB #91 93 964 C2, Polar Silver 89 944 S2, Baltic Blue 89 944 2.7 Guards Red (son's) 86 944, International Harvester Red (Oswald) |
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IMO, i have seen several, similar problems associated with corroded grounds, especially on German and some British cars. Never on American cars. I'd start there.
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Richard Curtis Fairfax Station, Va. '93 911 C2 |
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It's gonna splode!
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Hunt 611racing.com OG Racing Team Vimeo https://www.youtube.com/user/Streak986 1999 SPB #611 2004 Wrangler “That’s how people like you work. Your ego is so out of whack that it will do what ever it can to protect itself. And people with a messed up ego can do these mental gymnastics to convince themselves they’re awesome when really they are just douche bags” - Kyle, South Park "If you need to focus maybe you should buy the book and take it home" - MLIN |
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You have it confused with the Ford Pinto. The Audi will accelerate by itself into the back of the Pinto, thus causing the explosion.
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Holy crap I own an Audi and I had a Pinto-----glad not at the same time.
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Ken 2023 Audi Q7 Daily Driver Considering next Porsche 1990 964, Red, Number 692 (Misty) sold 2010 Trailex (Dusty) sold 2003 996, (Speedy) Grey sold Life is short; just drive....... (boat, bike, etc.) |
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Richard:
I will start with cleaning all the grounds. Thanks for the info.
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Mark Francis OG Racing: Proud Sponsor of the Potomac Region DE Program OG Racing SPB #91 93 964 C2, Polar Silver 89 944 S2, Baltic Blue 89 944 2.7 Guards Red (son's) 86 944, International Harvester Red (Oswald) |
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Replace the fuel filter if it hasn't been done in a few years. I'm speculating a mostly-clogged fuel filter is causing your pump to work harder than designed.
On the S4 I had charcoal canister stuff get into mine because of my habitual topping off of the gas tank
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If it's cis check the fuel pressure at the warm up regulator. The pressure increases with temp. It's lower when it's cold.
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Don't listen to that last post - he knows NOTHING about these cars!
Thanks for showing up and chiming in, John. For those who don't know John Behe, when Dwayne Moses co-drove my car to a win at VIR (note which driver's name wasn't mentioned with "win" in the same sentence), he felt the car was low on power. I took the car to Behe and got it back with about 20 (yes twenty) more horsepower!
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