raceinspiredrex
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so i finally swapped the y8 head onto my a6!!! the only problem i have now is i have an erratic idle. it jumps up and down from like 1100 to 1400 rpm and doesn't stop. it's not throwing any codes at all. we warmed the car up for a really long time and no change. we drove the car a couple miles and no change. i'm confused cause i've been working on my car for almost 3 days straight and am not sure at all.
just some facts. i have a y8 head and a6 bottom and am using an aem adjustable cam gear that's set to 4.5 degrees retarted. that's what i was told to set the cam gear at by "d16sihatch" on another thread. i swapped from obd0 to obd1 with a jumper harness and am using a p28 ecu. everything's at top dead center and everything's lined up and all. the only thing we haven't done is set the timing perfectly with a timing light, but that should be done shortly. but no matter how we adjust the distributor, it doesn't fix the issue.
please try and help as i need the car in the next couple of days for a trip from seattle to portland. i'm going crazy because i can't figure this out for the life of me. please please please help. thanks a lot everybody
just some facts. i have a y8 head and a6 bottom and am using an aem adjustable cam gear that's set to 4.5 degrees retarted. that's what i was told to set the cam gear at by "d16sihatch" on another thread. i swapped from obd0 to obd1 with a jumper harness and am using a p28 ecu. everything's at top dead center and everything's lined up and all. the only thing we haven't done is set the timing perfectly with a timing light, but that should be done shortly. but no matter how we adjust the distributor, it doesn't fix the issue.
please try and help as i need the car in the next couple of days for a trip from seattle to portland. i'm going crazy because i can't figure this out for the life of me. please please please help. thanks a lot everybody
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