Re: Getting an old Audi to pass emissions inspection
by "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwdoc1nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 12, 2008 at 06:57 PM
So on your '89 your ign spark is timed using an Engine Speed Sensor and not
the distributor?
The only 100 I have seen needed a new Crank Sprocket.
"Stephen Clark" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:ft-dnWkY56DEI2banZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I did just exactly that on the first go-round. Ran it on a weekend trip,
>and even performed
> the old "Italian tune-up" - running it in second gear at about 5000 RPM
> for a few brief bursts.
>
> I don't know about retarding the timing - isn't it controlled by the
> computer via knock sensors?
>
>
> --
> Stephen Clark
> 89 Audi 100
> Houston, Texas USA
>