[s-cars] Ideas?

[chris chambers]

Check and see if your MAF cable maybe loose/off.



--- Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Y'all,
> 
> This is a resend.  I tried to post several hours ago but haven't seen
> 
> it so I assume something happened to kill it.  I hope you don't get 
> buried in them.
> ____
> 
> Yesterday the better half and I went into our heated garage and I 
> started the urS6 (RS2ed).  It fired right up and then faltered 
> badly.  Pumping the pedal would get the engine revving fairly well 
> but it would not idle.  Rather than take the time then (we had 
> someplace to be and didn't have time to spare) we drove the peecup.
> 
> It feels and acts like a fuel starvation problem (as if the MAF hose 
> had been left disconnected - it isn't).  The car was running 
> perfectly when I parked it the evening before.
> 
> I plan on doing some diagnostic and, I hope, repair work this
> morning.
> 
> Hypotheses:
> 1.      Induction system hose (Samcos) leaking.  (I don't think 
> so.  It ran perfectly when I parked it.)
> 2.      FPR acting up.  (Possibly - would the symptoms match 
> that?  Where is that sucka, rear end of the fuel rail?)
> 3.      Out of fuel.  (Gauge reads over half tank and I believe it 
> from the distance traveled since last fill-up.)
> 4.      Plugged fuel filter?  (Why so sudden?)
> 5.      Fuel leak?  (No fuel smells so no major leaks.)
> 6.      Failed MAF?  Is this a failure mode for the MAF?
> 
> Other suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> Bob
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