Re: A3 Stall Problem

If you are going to buy an adapter be sure it can handle the protocol that
vw uses. Usually you can't go wrong with a ross tech.

SFC

Now on to my corrollary question, since your email address may
indicate that you have more than a casual interested in VW repair.
I'm looking to see if anyone has bought and used one of the ElmScan
327 devices that an outfit is selling on ebay. I bought my original
OBD II reader at Harbor Freight a couple of years ago to diagnose my
wife's Chrysler van, and find that I'm interested in more functions
that it will provide (read generic and manufacturer specific code and
reset), so I'm considering buying an interface for the computer.
Faced with $129 for the Elm 5 interface being sold at scantool.net,
vs. around $40 for a generic off ebay, I'm pretty tempted. I'm
wondering what sort of experience people have had with the units off
ebay... I'm not looking to use this every day. I've used the one I
have now on a couple dozen occasions to read and reset my cars, and
several other occasions, so I need the light duty, homeowner level of
reliability.

On Apr 12, 10:56 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1"
<vwdoc1nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Read the codes or you will be in the dark! ;-)
Could be too many things including a clogged catalytic converter.

"bruce" <baxt...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Recently had some body work done on my '98 A3 Golf 2.0 following an
unexpected off-road excursion on my way skiing. The car now has an
issue that I haven't resolved that is draining the battery. It had
been running fine up until the day I picked it up from the shop. The
battery was discharged and we had to jump it with a jump box. Almost
immediately following, on the way home, the check engine light came
on, and the car wouldn't run over 2500 RPM most of the time. It
seemed to quit if I got into the throttle much more than very lightly,
and would stall, but then pick back up around 1000 to 1200 if I kept
off the gas. It would idle fine.

I've yet to get the codes red. My cheap chinese code scanner won't
power up, so I don't know what the light is on for yet. I'm kind of
wondering if the jump box zapped something.

Anyone had a similar issue? How'd you resolve it?- Hide quoted text -

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