I took the car to autozone today and they had this to tell me

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has determined that the input from the engine coolant temperature sensor changed too little or too much for currnt engine operating conditions

 

your coolant temperature sensor is fucked, you need a new one, that would cause the shitty starting you talked about in the other post

 

i've been hitting the sauce pretty hard tongiht, can you put that in english/

 

new coolant temp sensor, little thingy that tells your car how warm or cold it is

 

but how can that prevent my car from running? why would it die?!

 

because the car thinks its the wrong temperature, trust me it will do it, the sensor says hey car your cold you need to have more fuel to run and the car says hey no I’m not I’m warm what the hell are you talking about lil coolant temp sensor, and then the temp sensor is all well take that bitch and gives the motor the wrong amount of fuel causing it to sputter and die on occasion, it can also work the other way to if the sensor is saying hey your hot but the motors all nu-uh I’m cold and it gives it to little fuel and the poor lil motor dies

 

lol I hope that makes sense

 

Dude, the part is like $5 here:

http://www.carpartswholesale.com/sto...l=A4%20QUATTRO

If its not it, at least you only spent $5 and narrowed down what potentially could be wrong.

 

i checked out the site and couldnt find it anywhere

 

thermostat sticking fit a new one so the coolant temp sensor can read the signal properly