Emoor

My 1994 manual Audi A4 1.8 has just developed a problem - The engine revs
at park constantly fluctuate between 1500 rpm and 3500 rpm approx. When i
try to drive the revs rise to to no more than 3500 rpm and then die away to
1500 rpm, meaning i cannot accelerate. This ocurs in each gear. The AA
man suspected an air flow meter and/or engine management fault. Has
anybody any ideas on the cause of the fault?

Iain Miller

"Emoor" <jonny.nessa@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> My 1994 manual Audi A4 1.8 has just developed a problem - The engine revs
> at park constantly fluctuate between 1500 rpm and 3500 rpm approx. When i
> try to drive the revs rise to to no more than 3500 rpm and then die away
> to
> 1500 rpm, meaning i cannot accelerate. This ocurs in each gear. The AA
> man suspected an air flow meter and/or engine management fault. Has
> anybody any ideas on the cause of the fault?

Could be a lot of things....

Might be a sensor problem of some kind. Also could be a vacuum leak.
Suggest you start by checking vaccum hoses & looking for splits etc. You
might also try cleaning the throttle body. A MAF sensor would be a likely
candidate as these do have a habit of failing & would be a good place to
start - not the cheapest thing in the word though.

Its less likely that the EM system itself is at fault, more that its being
fed duff information.

Emoor

Thanks very much for the feedback, I will have a check of the hoses and
throttle body.