[s-cars] My car died - HELP!

chris chambers fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 28 17:46:23 EDT 2005


Oh great!

How hard is it to replace the CPS and is it mucho denero?
Anyone have a wriet up to test/replace that?

Is the CPS a part only the Urs4 takes?


Thanks
Chris


--- Gabriel Caldwell <gabriel at ts.bc.ca> wrote:

> That may indicate a CPS failure.  It will allow the car to run fine
> when
> it breaks (and turn on the check engine light) but you'll never be
> able
> to restart the car.  I keep a jumper wire in my glove box and the
> code
> list.  It has helped me a couple times now.  1 broken CPS wire and
> one
> dead MAF diagnosed within 2 minutes.
> 
> Off the top of my head that's the only thing I can think of, since no
> other codes are stored.  Don't know about that injector 1 code since
> the
> car didn't run rough.  Even if it was an open circuit to the
> injector,
> I'm thinking the car should still be able to start, but maybe not.
> Hopefully some other listers have more insight.
> 
> Gabriel Caldwell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: July 28, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: Gabriel Caldwell; //Scar //Scar list
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] My car died - HELP!
> 
> I was under the missguided belief you couldn't blink the codes unless
> it was running.
> 
> DUH!!!
> 
> Only found one code 4411
> 
> 4411 (Blink Fault Code), VAG1551/2 Fault Code Number 01249 Fuel
> Injector for Cylinder 1, Open or short circuit Symptom: Engine runs
> rough or stalls 
> 
> Well engine didn't run rough or stall, it ran fine but had teh check
> engine light on. It just wouldn't re-start after I shut it down.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 
> 
> --- Gabriel Caldwell <gabriel at ts.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> > First thing to check is the codes.  The CPS code will appear if the
> > car
> > is not running so you can ignore that one (for now).
> > 
> > http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/ecuf20v.html
> > 
> > Gabriel Caldwell
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com] 
> > Sent: July 28, 2005 11:35 AM
> > To: Scar
> > Subject: [s-cars] My car died - HELP!
> > 
> > S Gentz,
> > 
> > Went through the car wash and during the car wash teh check engine
> > light came on. Car was running fine and I was ~ 2 minutes drive
> from
> > my
> > houses (where I was headed) so I drove home.
> > 
> > Shut the car off and went to re-start it to see if the check engine
> > light would come back on and the car won't start!
> > 
> > Because the engine is hot, I'm letting it cool down and possibly
> dry
> > off whatever connection may have gotten wet and caused this. Who
> > knows
> > the car wash part could be coincidental.
> > 
> > Any thoughts on what to check first?
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
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