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by rsmonkey918 » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:50 am
Bit of a long shot but way back in the 90's I had a recalcitrant Vauxhall Calibra Turbo from new that, in its latter years (and there were only 3 of them) suffered from a complete engine shutdown from time to time- sometimes in the outside lane of the autobahn at 100mph+. Always managed to pull in, wait 5-10 minutes then it would restart no worries til the next time. Exhaustive investigations always turned up nothing as it was intermittent- have the electrics overhauled, ignition, black boxes up the ying yang. Spoke to a friend who had had the same problem with his Carlton, he got really frustrated and it ultimately resulted in him handing it over to the dealer and driving off in a Corsa which he swapped directly for it!
Long story short- it turned out that the emergency fuel cut-off gubbins is located in the back of the seat runner and it was faulty and intermittently cutting off the fuel supply- by waiting a few minutes the switch sorted itself out and the engine started til the next time. Had the stealer replace mine and it never happened again- although I sold it pretty sharpish for my first A4.....
Any wires been dislodged or anything unusual at the back of your seat rail?.....
Steve
2000 X RS4 B5 Avus short shift, MTM/full Milltek to 460bhp, 19" Audi split rims/BBS CH's in anthracite, B7 front/rear big brake conversion, H&R ARB's/Bilstein PSS9's/ESP gearbox brace, retrofit RNS-E+Nav, ITG/MRC panel filter
2007 '07 Smart Brabus 101bhp, Bilsteins, Bentley Silverlake
2007 '56 Aprilia RSV Factory for some weekends
2004 '53 Honda Rune NRX1800 for other weekends
