[s-cars] S6 no start

Phil Mische pmische at comcast.net
Wed Jul 4 11:27:16 EDT 2007


My intermittent start problem was a bad CPS - replaced the CPS and the 
problem went away.  No codes thrown.

PJM

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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:22 AM
Subject: [s-cars] S6 no start


> Help! Today my 95 S6 threw me a bit of a curve.
> I ran an errand from work about 3 miles (not even fully warm). When I came
> out of the store about 10-15 minutes later the car would crank and crank 
> but no
> fire. All the electrics worked fine. I jiggled every wire I could reach -
> no joy. Fiddled in the trunk a few minutes to see if I had any tools I 
> could
> use  to diagnose. No luck. Tried to start again - no joy. Sat and waited a 
> few
> minutes trying to think clearly and less emotionally to decide a  course 
> of
> action. Tried it again and voila- fired up, and subsequently  started the 
> 4
> remaining times to get me home. The only issues on the trip home  was an 
> idle that
> was unstable. It would rise and fall from 400 to ~ 1300. It  never died 
> but
> came very close. Unfortunately, I was unable to establish if it  was lack 
> of
> fuel or spark.
>
> I will try tomorrow to check for codes, but wandered if anyone has had
> similar experience and can point to a list of usual suspects
>
> Dennis
> Denver
>
>
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