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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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Hey All,

2006 Audi A4 2.0T / 11,000 Miles.

Wife started complaining that the car was idling funny Tuesday this week. Yesterda a check engine light popped on. I'm going to take it to the dealer this monday...but if it's a simple fix I'd like to take that route.

Any thoughts? Car is definately idling very rough.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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Take it to Autozone and get the codes read. Impossible to tell without them. They will scan it for free.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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um, isnt that covered under warannty?? *sp??*
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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Check for a vacuum leak.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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Perhaps its different with electronic throttles, but I had a very similar issue with a VW Jetta, and the throttle body was dirty with carbon deposits. It got much better after cleaning it.

So you could check for dirty intake, T.b., ...
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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Yeah...of course still covered by warranty. Just wanted to see if anybody had experienced something like this already and / or this was a quick fix. If it were my Syclone I'd just throw in a new set up plugs real quick to see if it was fouled. Though...this car is far from that simple.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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get the codes pulled like was mentioned previously then post the codes here.... No point guessing what could be wrong when you can find out exactly with 5 minutes at autozone.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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warranty issue, don't touch it yourself or let any one else touch it you could void the warranty
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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ORIGINAL: dan

get the codes pulled like was mentioned previously then post the codes here.... No point guessing what could be wrong when you can find out exactly with 5 minutes at autozone.
I don't think there are any autozones in Germany.
 
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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only in the USA as far as I know
 



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