Frosty Cold A4
By lawyer - usenet poster
Are any of you running into problems starting your A4's in the
winter??? My '00 A4 1.8T just won't start in the mornings unless I
fully press the gas pedal down, turn the ignition, hold until car beeps
a warning, and do 2 more iterations after. By the third time, it might
get going.
It is about -27 Celcius only. I don't have access to underground
parking for the car, and it is automatic. I'm wondering if all of you
are just living with the problem, or am I the only one that got the
crappy one out of the lot.
It is a darn shame, because I can't rely on the car when I need it, and
4 wheel drive is useless if the car won't start.
I'm wishing I could go back to my 318i... at least that would start
dependably at -40 and up.
D.
winter??? My '00 A4 1.8T just won't start in the mornings unless I
fully press the gas pedal down, turn the ignition, hold until car beeps
a warning, and do 2 more iterations after. By the third time, it might
get going.
It is about -27 Celcius only. I don't have access to underground
parking for the car, and it is automatic. I'm wondering if all of you
are just living with the problem, or am I the only one that got the
crappy one out of the lot.
It is a darn shame, because I can't rely on the car when I need it, and
4 wheel drive is useless if the car won't start.
I'm wishing I could go back to my 318i... at least that would start
dependably at -40 and up.
D.
Solution #1
posted on May 14, 2008
lawyer - usenet poster
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Ignition related problems as well as injector problems would probably cause
a fault code in the cars OBD II ECU. That leaves a fuel pressure problem.
In the dark days before fuel injection, gas line icing in the cold would
cause the problem you describe. It is far less common with a high pressure
fuel pump in the gas tank, but it can still happen. Try adding some
isopropyl alcohol (drygas) to the tank and see if the problem persists.
Assuming that you've done all this (it is under warranty and all), I would
try to reproduce the problem for the dealer. Leave the car overnight at the
dealer and have them reproduce the problem when it's nice and cold in the
morning.
Good luck. And don't go back to the stinkin' little 318i, unless you can
get one with a turbo...
...
a fault code in the cars OBD II ECU. That leaves a fuel pressure problem.
In the dark days before fuel injection, gas line icing in the cold would
cause the problem you describe. It is far less common with a high pressure
fuel pump in the gas tank, but it can still happen. Try adding some
isopropyl alcohol (drygas) to the tank and see if the problem persists.
Assuming that you've done all this (it is under warranty and all), I would
try to reproduce the problem for the dealer. Leave the car overnight at the
dealer and have them reproduce the problem when it's nice and cold in the
morning.
Good luck. And don't go back to the stinkin' little 318i, unless you can
get one with a turbo...
...
Solution #2
posted on May 14, 2008
lawyer - usenet poster
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dcl_ (Lee) wrote in <
plug the pan warmer into electricity at night, or have the engine block
mounted with a block heater... several people have talked about this problem
at the http://www.audiworld.com A4 forum.
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plug the pan warmer into electricity at night, or have the engine block
mounted with a block heater... several people have talked about this problem
at the http://www.audiworld.com A4 forum.
--
//Jason M Page
//MCSE & MCP+I
//Warning, SPAM countermeasures
//armed and tracking.
(to respond personally substitute jpage)
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