[s-cars] the latest on my shut off problem.....

[Pollock, Thomas]

Hi guys,

ok, first of all, thanks to everyone who've been sending me suggestions regarding my intermittant shut down problem. Lots of folks seem to think I have a ground problem, which could be but I have what could be another hint.  Yesterday for the first time I couldn't get the car started right from the get go. Usually it fires right up and runs for some random amount of time and then decides to shut down.

After cranking it for a while listening for relays, checking voltages etc it eventually did re-fire. This time I got error codes !   2113 or CPS!
Hmmmm.... I can see why a CPS would prevent a start but could it also be the cause of it dying on me once running ?  I thought that I read somewhere that once the car is running the CPS is no longer part of the equation.  What say you ???  I've also heard that a potential faulty ground could trigger the 2113.... 8-(

Any tips for replacing the CPS ?  I'm pretty sure I don't look forward to doing it if I have to pull the gear...  is this possible ?

Also,  for the lister comparing the stock vrs stg1 vrs Rs power and responses regarding the extra lag of the Rs. My experience is a light alumn flywheel more than makes up for the low end loss and once revs are up, the full Rs compliment is da-balls.... 

Also, regarding the 1.8t integrated coil as a replacement. Has anyone tried Javads efi stuff ?  I've only glanced at it but the capabilities sound really interesting.  Didn't even look at price but I'm guessing it's $$$

tom.