HELP - weird 1.8T problem
 

i appoligize for the long post, but i wanted to explain in detail the odd symptoms of my 1997 Audi A4 1.8 Turbo Quattro with Automatic transmission.

To make a long story short, the car ran fine until 3 weeks ago when the engine started hesitating to accelerate and got stuck at 3500-4000 rpm. It wouldn't rev up no matter how hard I floored it. I backed off the gas and floored it again and the car downshifted, revved all the way to redline but very slowly.

Since then, my car's performance is down by what feels like at least 50%, hesitates to accelerate, would rev over 3,500 rpm very slowly and hardly, and sometimes would not rev past 4,000 rpm unless I back out of gas and feed the gas slowly again. It's just a pain. The car is so slow. Especially from a dead stop

I know there are lots of very experienced Audi gurus and mechanics on this forum. Please help me. I have gone to several dealerships and shops over the last few weeks and so far have got no where and cost a fair deal of $$$.

I just want to get my A4 running like it used to and any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: HELP - weird 1.8T problem
 

could that be a sludge issue?

what is a sludge issue????
 

how would i fix this? i've already flushed the tranny and changed the oil.... what else should i try?

Re: what is a sludge issue????
 

type in "engine sludge" in the search on this website and you will see. it is a known issue with the 1.8T in the A4s.

after a day at the shop...
 

after a full day at the shop trying to figure out the problem, it looks like my car is running incredibly rich on fuel.... maybe time to replace the MAF? anyone know the symtoms of a broken MAF?

clean it and put it back in...

Re: HELP - weird 1.8T problem
 

I had the same problem with my a3, turned out to be coilpacks - hope this helps!

Re: HELP - weird 1.8T problem
 

I have the same car and the same problem. did you ever fix this??