[s-cars] Hi Mileage S6, what would you do? Also S6 No Start Update

[Ronald Whiton]

The CPS=>CEL symptoms sound frighteningly familiar.  Dave, thanks for
posting the fuel pump write-up.  Is CPS replacement difficult, any rough
how-tos out there?  I searched the archives for a bit, but came up empty
handed.

TIA

Ron Whiton

On 1/8/06, Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca> wrote:
>
> Dave:  I agree with Forrest Bradshaw's list.  Some of those need to be
> done but only a few of them will actually strand you on the side of the
> road.  In my experience, these are the cam position sensor (CPS)  and
> the fuel pump.
>
> The cam sensor will probably throw a Check Engine light (CEL) to give
> you a bit of a heads up - but not much. The problem is if you get a CEL
> and you turn the engine off to check whatever it is, the engine may not
> restart because the ECU looks to the CPS for a signal before it will
> trigger the fuel pump to come on.  No signal = no fuel = Stranded.  I am
> a strong advocate of replacing the CPS at the second timing belt change,
> if not before.
>
> In my experience, the original fuel pumps are good to about 100,000 mi
> (160,000 km) - after that, you are living on borrowed time.  The fuel
> pump will just fail.  Period.  Minimal subtle warnings (no CEL), like a
> little longer to start one morning.  When mine failed, I had this
> warning sign which, like a minor chest pain, I ignored. I then set off
> on a trip.  Car was fine that day but after being parked for a night
> meeting, it refused to start - the fuel pump had failed.  Since I was
> away from home and away from my mechanic, the car had to be flat-bedded
> to the nearest dealer who proceded to economically 'rape' me. ($800 to
> install a $120 pump).
>
> I have since replaced that pump (a perfectly good VDO) with a Bosch as a
> potential solution for RS2-related fueling issue.  I wrote a procedure
> up which you may want to follow.  It isn't that difficult if your tank
> level is down (which you can arrange IF you do a pre-emptive replacement
> - which I advocate):
>
> http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/86586.phtml
>
> Dave F.
>
>
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