[s-cars] S6 left me stranded on the highway

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

Seems odd to me that you had two problems happen at exactly the same time.
The only car I have ever seen that happen to is a cursed '66 Mustang my
friend had :)
--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Azeem Elahi
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:45 AM
To: mike claire; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] S6 left me stranded on the highway


The tech (Al @ Chicago Performance Tuning) said he put the hose back on and
it's still not starting.  He also mentioned unplugging the MAF, and still
nada.



On 7/24/07, mike claire <mike.claire at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If the Samco popped off, the car's not going to run.  It's that simple.
> You may have a sensor problem coming up on you as well, but I bet that
code
> was already there.
>
> By the way, if the hose pops off again, you can unplug the MAF cable and
> limp it home.  The problem is you're getting too much outside are in the
> system and the MAF tells the ECU to shut the car down.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>  On 7/24/07, Azeem Elahi <azeem.elahi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was on the onramp, getting up to speed to merge onto the freeway when
> > the
> > car just died on me (shutoff).  While I was coasting, I tried to restart
> > it,
> > but it would promptly shut right back off right away.
> > I decided it was safer to just coast the car to the shoulder and have it
> >
> > towed.  When I got out to inspect, I noticed the driver's side bottom
> > samco
> > hose had popped off.
> > The car's at the shop now here in Chicago, and I'm told there was a
> > fault
> > code for an engine speed sensor.
> > I brought up the idea of the crank position sensor because I remember
> > reading several posts about this in the FAQ.  Does the CPS just fail
> > suddenly, or are there usually signs before failure?  The car was
> > trouble-free before this event.
> >
> > Any ideas?
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