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Old 12-01-2007 | 02:10 PM
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ok so i got a misfire my vag didnt come in yet, i was going to drive to autozone get my codes red and go to audi get a new coilpack or packs right as i stop on the stop sighn on the second side street the car dies and it wont start

i just got chipped by speedtunning could they have bad software?
my cranks my battery is fine i have gas i am f*cking pissed
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 02:11 PM
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oh and before it stalled i noticed the epc light go on
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 02:36 PM
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is theyre anyting i can check any fuese since my car wont start i have no vag-com no way to check for codes
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 03:01 PM
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have a friend take you to autozone, they will let you borrow it if you give them your drivers license. then check your codes and return the vag-com.
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 03:09 PM
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chips in general are known to fry coil packs after its been installed, so that is probably it if i were to guess since you just got chipped.
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 03:43 PM
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EPC... Hrmm, had your car had trouble starting before? ANything else weird happen before it died. Alternator+dead battery, perhaps. Does the car turn over, or just click when you turn the key?
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 03:48 PM
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EPC... Hrmm, had your car had trouble starting before? ANything else weird happen before it died. Alternator+dead battery, perhaps. Does the car turn over, or just click when you turn the key?
turns over great sounds like its not getting spark and or fuel, i had my alternator go out in february and a coilpack
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 09:09 PM
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Old 12-01-2007 | 09:17 PM
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chips in general are known to fry coil packs after its been installed, so that is probably it if i were to guess since you just got chipped.
Not sure where you get your info from, but that is 100% incorrect.
EPC light relates to the DBW system and comes on when throtle cut occurs (normally). A throtle body adaptation might be the solution, but if your CEL is flashing, then its probably a coil pack or cracked spark plug insulator.
 
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Old 12-01-2007 | 09:18 PM
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Maybe the program doesnt know how to handle the epc light and they didnt program it right? I dunno, ive been battling epc for a while before i bent a valve on my car [:@]
 



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