[s-cars] S4 no start

[chris chambers]

How old is the battery?
These cars seem to be sensitive to weak/aging batteries.


--- Jack Gagnon <bullitt at gwi.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> I've got a few problems and need some help here.
> 
> Problem 1:  car sits for two days, go to start car and battery is
> dead.
> 
> Problem 2:	Jump start with another vehicle.  Starter turns over fine
> but car
> does start. It fires for less than a second and dies.  Ty several
> times,
> several hours apart, no go.  Get car towed to local shop.
> 
> They leave car in shop over night and the car starts fine.  They fix
> battery
> drain and replace sticky brake cable.
> 
> I pick up car this morning.  They say they started the car at 6:30 am
> after
> siting out overnight without any problems.  I try to start it and it
> fires
> and dies immediately, no start again!
> 
> The spent some time on the car today without success.  No codes. 
> Getting
> spark, getting way too much fuel.  They are getting some strange
> readings
> form some fo the sensors.  Intake air and coolant temp readings are
> -56.
> The shop is not sure why these readings are so funky.  Any ideas?  It
> might
> be a bad solder joint in the ECU?  They intend to pull the ecu and
> look
> around for a bad solder joint and reseat the chips.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
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