[s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)

[Theodore Chen]

do it at your next timing belt job.  i bought one through the group 
purchase (about $10 as i recall), and swapped it in.  the actual replacement
is quite easy: unbolt CPS bracket, drill out rivets, remove old CPS,
rivet new CPS in place with new rivets that came with the CPS, splice 
old CPS plug onto new CPS leads, install CPS bracket.

i was glad i did the replacement, because the wires are pretty small
and while mine were OK, the insulation looked fragile where the
wires go into the sensor.

i still have the old CPS if anybody wants one to play with without having
to remove it from the car first.  it worked fine when i took it out, but 
i'd try to figure out how to replace the wires where they go into the 
sensor.  probably easier to just buy a new CPS, but i don't know if there's
going to be another group buy.

-teddy

--- djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

> In a nutshell... that CPS situation blows.  As many miles as I have, and as
> much as my UrS goes out in the sticks, it might be wise to buy one and carry
> it along... even if it's $300.
>  
> As much trouble as I had finding a set of 225/45/17 snow tires in Montana
> last year... I'd hate to have to find a CPS in a hurry.
>  
> Having no BTDT with that part, I may not even recognize the failure symptoms.
>  
> Dave 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QSHIPQ at aol.com
> To: Djdawson2 at aol.com; calvinlc at earthlink.net; audiurs4 at mailforce.net;
> sportquattros1 at mac.com
> Cc: pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)
> 
> 
> The 1.8t coils are 'better', but any vw stocks them because they are still a
> known weak link.  CPS isn't an if, it's a when, and IME, just when a guy does
> a fresh tune up service for a long trip.  The hardest part of the CPS IMO, is
> as it starts to fail, it gives intermittent driveability problems that don't
> always (rarely IME) throw a code.  A real bitch to try to tell a guy that a
> 300USD part 'might' be the problem, and it requires cam gear removal, and the
> only diagnostic for it, is replace with known good.
>  
>  
> SJ
>  
> In a message dated 4/24/2007 10:03:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Djdawson2
> writes:
> I ditched the POS in favor of the 1.8t coils.  I've got 240k on mine... never
> replaced the CPS either.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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