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

[Azeem Elahi]

Thanks everyone, the shop gave me a call earlier this evening to let me know
she fired back up.  They said they cleaned up the "rpm sensor" and
everything worked out after that.

Thanks for all the help/suggestions!

-Azeem




On 7/24/07, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
> Vincent Frégeac wrote:
> > Azeem,
> >
> > You can probably rule out the CPS as it doesn't shut off the engine.
> > It just avoids restarting. Beside, it usually fails with warm engine
> > only at the beginning, still allowing restart when the engine is cold.
>
> Don't rule out the flywheel TDC sensor. I've seen an usS4 that was driven
> home and parked in the driveway then wouldn't start the next morning
> thanks
> to the "pin" on the flywheel comming off. I put pin in quotes since on
> these
> cars it is no longer a pin, it's actually a rectangle of extra-ferrous
> material that is *crimped* (not welded) to the flyweel. Not only did it
> ruin
> the flywheel, but it took out the TDC sensor as it whipped arround in
> there.
>
> Right arround the same time there was at least one other report of the
> same
> issue with another lister... this was about 2 months ago now IIRC.
>
> Have whoever is checking out the car put a scope on both flywheel sensors
> to
> verify operation. If any maladies are found in the one that is mounted
> towards the front of the car he will need to pull the starter and check
> for
> a hunk of metal jutting out from the flywheel... it's ~4mm thick, extends
> ~10mm out from the flywheel, and is ~13mm long. I thought I took pictures
> of
> the one I worked on, but I don't see them at the minute.
>
> -Cody Forbes
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