Good code reader for 2000 a6 quattro 4.2
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Good code reader for 2000 a6 quattro 4.2
Im looking for good code reader that i can use to diagnose and repair.
Im getting a couple codes 0101, 401. "from autozone"
I get a rough idel at cold startup. It goes away and runs like a champ.
Auto zone says bad vacume. Im sure if it was vacume it would run bad all the time.
I unpluged the maf and car ran real bad.
maf is good.
I didnt c any bad vac lines.
Im getting a couple codes 0101, 401. "from autozone"
I get a rough idel at cold startup. It goes away and runs like a champ.
Auto zone says bad vacume. Im sure if it was vacume it would run bad all the time.
I unpluged the maf and car ran real bad.
maf is good.
I didnt c any bad vac lines.
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VCDS from RossTech is THE ONE.
Im looking for good code reader that i can use to diagnose and repair.
Im getting a couple codes 0101, 401. "from autozone"
I get a rough idel at cold startup. It goes away and runs like a champ.
Auto zone says bad vacume. Im sure if it was vacume it would run bad all the time.
I unpluged the maf and car ran real bad.
maf is good.
I didnt c any bad vac lines.
Im getting a couple codes 0101, 401. "from autozone"
I get a rough idel at cold startup. It goes away and runs like a champ.
Auto zone says bad vacume. Im sure if it was vacume it would run bad all the time.
I unpluged the maf and car ran real bad.
maf is good.
I didnt c any bad vac lines.
These are tough leaks to find unless you have a smoke generator or get lucky with a propane supply waved near the leak.
Otherwise:
P0101 Audi Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit Range/Performance Problem OBDII Engine Light Trouble Code | Engine-Codes.com
Are you sure it's 401 and not 104? Actually, P0104:
P0104 - OBD-II Trouble Code
P0401 is an EGR problem.
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^^^Precisely^^^
VCDS is the only one equivalent to VW/Audi factory diagnostic specs and recoding, anything else is a knock-off with poor support and interpretation.
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Update: Like many things, you get what you pay for. It's not cheap,
but not terribly expensive on 50K+ cars that are out of warranty. Often, the first MIL you fix will more than pay for the software. I bought a cheap laptop on ebay and I'm running windows 7 on it which is more than enough. Sooner or later it will run out of space (the laptop) with the various microsoft updates.
Last time the laptop booted up it took about 20 minutes to install 23 updates.
BTW, bentley publishers makes probably the only printed book for the audis, and somehow I got on their beta list for ebahn because I had bought the CD (which only works on Windows XP…had to go virtual PC on the laptop with 7) and complained about having to go virtual PC. I really like the ebahn online system rather than having to boot up the laptop and wait minutes for the XP virtual PC to load.
I checked with bentley and it's possible to get the eBahn Web:
Thank you for contacting us. eBahn Web is not available for public roll out and we don't have any information on when it will become available. You will certainly be contacted when it does become available. We are very happy you are enjoying eBahn Web. If you friends would like access to eBahn Web, and do not want physical delivery of a DVD, they can purchase just the eBahn license from Bentley Publishers Home - Bentley Publishers - Repair Manuals and Automotive Books and get access to eBahn Web that way.
Last time the laptop booted up it took about 20 minutes to install 23 updates.
BTW, bentley publishers makes probably the only printed book for the audis, and somehow I got on their beta list for ebahn because I had bought the CD (which only works on Windows XP…had to go virtual PC on the laptop with 7) and complained about having to go virtual PC. I really like the ebahn online system rather than having to boot up the laptop and wait minutes for the XP virtual PC to load.
I checked with bentley and it's possible to get the eBahn Web:
Thank you for contacting us. eBahn Web is not available for public roll out and we don't have any information on when it will become available. You will certainly be contacted when it does become available. We are very happy you are enjoying eBahn Web. If you friends would like access to eBahn Web, and do not want physical delivery of a DVD, they can purchase just the eBahn license from Bentley Publishers Home - Bentley Publishers - Repair Manuals and Automotive Books and get access to eBahn Web that way.
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I'm too lazy…I just google the P code and audi.
Another place to search for OBD codes: PlanetVAG.com - VAG Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) or OBDII Code Search
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Massboykie
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Crappy auto zone code reader.
Auto zone convenced my wife they had the best code reader.
There code reader didnt mention the misfire!!
The hole problem was a bad coil pack. Unhook them untill I found the bad one. Replaced and now all my codes are gone.
Starts good.. Runs good..
Got to get a vagcom.
Auto zone convenced my wife they had the best code reader.
There code reader didnt mention the misfire!!
The hole problem was a bad coil pack. Unhook them untill I found the bad one. Replaced and now all my codes are gone.
Starts good.. Runs good..
Got to get a vagcom.