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Old 01-12-2001, 12:23 AM
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Default Car back, dealer said bad ground in ECU caused eng.to not run, took them 4 days...
took them 18hrs. of shop time and many calls to Audi 'engineering'. They changed the ECU and number of other sensors all to find this problem. A loose ground connection.

This made me think of an old car I had. In 1986 I owned a 1976 Triumph TR-6. Much if not all of the wiring was corroded.
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Old 01-12-2001, 12:27 AM
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I guess no more car washes for you Darwin
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Humm, got think about it. I'll still wash it else it won't look good.
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Did you have spare ECU, or did they get your chip?
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I have a spare ECU
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Well, it was worth buying that spare ECU then huh? >:^)
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Yes, the dealer sees only the OE chip
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Did you get that locally?
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