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Old April 17th 15, 02:18 PM posted to alt.autos.audi
Dave[_71_]
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Default rough idle a4 1996 2.8 12v, now hesitates during acceleration?

replying to Devious!, Dave wrote:
> yeah wrote:
>
> Nightmare car from the start. Had rough idle prob for a year now,
> mostly in cold. Through tons of $ at her, turned out to be idle
> valve. Doh! All vacuum lines,breather hose, redone, new TB. Now
> after two weeks of smooth sailing, idle is extremely irradic, and
> now hesitates while accelrating. Audible "ticking" sound from
> bonnet, is this a distributor/coil problem? Also put in new plugs,
> no effect, but plug wires look


Try spraying the plug wire with WD40 if it goes away then it is moisture in
the wires. Replace the wires especially if they are cracked apart.


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