amado

thanks i will get it check..since im getting the timing belt replace so
might as well have them look at it

"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:12:52 GMT, "amado" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:46:31 GMT, "amado" <afabrig@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have 1999 1.8 T and the engine light keeps coming on. I check it with
>>>>my
>>>>own VAG and it came up with 17455. but i dont have it on my list. does
>>>>any
>>>>know what it is?
>>>
>>> Interesting. That code doesn't exist in the ECU error code tables for
>>> that
>>> engine/model year, at least according to the Audi repair manual. In fact
>>> there are no codes listed that start with "174.."
>>>
>>> Any chance you or your VAG are dyslexic and the code is really 17544
>>> "Long Term Fuel Trim Add, Fuel, Bank 1 System too Lean"?
>>>
>>> /daytripper
>>> '00 s4 6spd
>>
>>sorry my dyslexic...you're right again as usual....17544
>>does this mean i need a tune up?
>
> I think this is asking for more than a "tune up". It looks like
> something's
> either aged out of range or you have a leaky hose.
>
> Here's what's listed in the repair manual DTC troubleshooting procedure
> for
> ECO code 17544:
>
> - Check intake air system for leaks ("false air")
> - Check HO2S ("Heated Oxygen Sensor") and O2S control
> - Check Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor
> - Check fuel pressure regulator and residual fuel pressure
> - Check fuel injectors
> - Output Diagnostic Test Mode (DTM) (aka "the last resort")
>
> To be honest, unless you can find an induction system leak, without a
> service
> manual you've got little chance of finding the root cause of the problem -
> and
> even with one it's going to take some work.
>
> On the up side, air leaks are not uncommon, but then again, so are MAFs
> that
> have aged beyond usable condition...
>
> /daytripper
> '00 s4 6spd