[s-cars] 92 (early) S4 no start (now not "kinda")

[Eric Phillips]

A very good point.  I would hope that the jumpering would occur well
away from the liquid fuel and any vapors.

Eric

On 12/14/07, Rit bellis <rit_bellis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Watch out for sparks while jumping: see earlier discussion of futility of
> firefighting.
>
> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:00:57 -0800
> > From: gcmschemist at gmail.com
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 50, Issue 40
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:47:46 -0500
> > > From: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] 92 (early) S4 no start (now not "kinda")
> > > To: Steve Powers <sbpowers at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> > > screwdriver and about 30 seconds to remove the hose at the throttle
> body. I have never had to use starting fluid before, and not knowing how
> potent it was i figured I'd get it as close to the engine as possible.
> > >
> > > The lazy bastard in me is tired of troubleshooting, and from what I've
> read, if my car has 144K miles on it and it's the original fuel pump, I'm on
> borrowed time anyway. If it wasn't the fuel pump, then the car would run
> briefly and then shut off when the fuel pump relay was bypassed and 12v was
> sent to the pump itself, right? Just like it did with starting fluid.....
> > >
> > > Since it didn't...I'm of the opinion the pump's the culprit.
> >
> > Hold the phone!
> >
> > In order to run, the FP must get the signal that the CPS is doing it's
> job.
> >
> > But if you don't get the dreaded CPS code, and you're still no fuel, I
> > can't see any other option but to replace the FP.
> >
> > Especially if you've applied power directly to the FP and still got no
> > action. As in, got no fuel pumping to the front of the car. That's
> > something I would check by taking a line loose and doing the
> > pump-jumpering thing.