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

[theringmeister at triad.rr.com]

oh yes,
jumpering happens outside the driver's front fender, well away from the fuel tank.  If I had cracked a line open I'd have used wire 3x as long and been on the other side of the car altogether.

--
Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v sport
92 UrS4
01 allroad


---- Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 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
> > > > Message-ID:
> > > >
> > <12601466.980591197607666826.JavaMail.root at hrndva-web10-z01>
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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.
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