Big Sky Euro

Thanks to Grant for the spare CP.

I had one go out on Sat. and had to use it (I should have bought those spares from you JR! ) Strange how a CEL suddenly appears after you let your wife drive it to Wal-Mart I asked her if she noticed if it had a little more zip and her response was "uh YEAH ...oh and BTW the CEL came on and it was shaking a little bit...so I took it easy on the way home" I just laughed because it's the third time she's driven it, and I knew what the problem was. So I'll pick a couple of new CP's up today.

Also a bit of weirdness...I got back in and tried to start it and it just cranked over but wouldn't start. So I Vag'd it and got:

17072/P0688/001672 - ECM Power Relay Load Circuit: (J271): Open Circuit

Which tells me a fuse or something power/connection related. I did some research and found that fuse #29 for engine management and ECU power was the culprit. I have no idea why it did this, but was glad it was an easy fix. So FYI to anyone else with this code to check fuse #29 - it's a yellow 20 amp.

4 new coilpacks today.

Ya, currently all four are mismatched, all different types makes, and I haven't messed with them at all. So I am going all OEM Revision R and the rest are going to be spares. Also going to add it to my online service record.

haha, I told you that was going to happen!! I am glad the part came in handy though =) how much did you get your revision r's for?

I replaced all of them, and found out I had two rev R on cylinders 3 & 4. 1 & 2 were giving me the problems and were a non OEM brand. All good now!

Grant, I got them over at Dana for $32 each.

Probably two of hte ones I returned :P

JayRyan wrote:Probably two of hte ones I returned :P

Yeah I saw some fingerprints and some strange marks on the shaft

I should have just bought them from you, but who would've known my wife was going to autox it on a WalMart run.

MikeWire wrote:

JayRyan wrote:Probably two of hte ones I returned :P

Yeah I saw some fingerprints and some strange marks on the shaft

I should have just bought them from you, but who would've known my wife was going to autox it on a WalMart run.

LOL. Girls like those chips. MIne: "Can I take the Audi to run to the store?" Me: "it's you car too"

10 minutes later....

*pedal to the floor, exhaust roar* and she goes ripping down the street