ESP AUDI A4 1999 B5 / 1.G APB Engine Electronic Engine Power Control Checking Workshop Manual
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       The learning process (adaptation process) is 
carried out:  
     
By selecting "Basic Setting" (function 04), 
Display Group 060 with the ignition switched 
on. 
     Automatically if the ignition is switched on for at 
least 6 seconds without operating the starter or 
depressing the accelerator, and if the Engine 
Control Module (ECM) registers a "learning 
requirement." (In this case, however, there is no 
way of knowing whether the adaptation process 
was successful or not.) The engine control 
module will register a learning requirement if 
the previously stored voltage readings from the 
angle sensors do not correspond (within a 
certain tolerance range) to the new voltage 
readings. 
     
Note:  
     The engine will not start during automatic 
adaptation. 
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       When the -Q- button is pressed the throttle valve 
positioner will be switched mechanically.  
      In this condition the throttle valve is pulled into an 
"emergency running" or default position by a 
mechanical spring in the throttle valve control 
module. The values supplied by the two angle 
sensors for this emergency running position are 
stored in the Engine Control Module (ECM).  
      The throttle valve is then opened by a 
predetermined amount. As soon as it reaches 
this position the current supply to the throttle 
valve positioner is again disconnected. The 
spring should then close the throttle valve 
mechanically to the previously learned default 
position within a specified period of time (spring 
test).  
      The throttle valve positioner then closes the 
throttle valve and the values supplied by the 
angle sensors in the throttle valve control module 
are stored in the Engine Control Module (ECM).  
      If the ECM disconnects the current supply to the 
throttle valve positioner while the vehicle is being 
driven, the result will be an increase in idling 
speed with fluctuating engine RPM (hunting) and 
very slow throttle response.  
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