[s-cars] no-start...update

[Theodore Chen]

for removing the sprocket, i used a big-ass pin spanner to keep it from rotating.  it really helps to have two people - one to hold the pin spanner, and one to turn the wrench.

if you had a bad splice or broken wire in the CPS, fiddling with it could have caused it to start working again.  of course, this means it could just as easily stop working again.

i know how you feel about wanting the car back.  mine has been on jack stands for a while, getting an oil change, new CV boot, new power steering hose, and a few other things like ABS sensors while i'm at it.  the S4 avant is a nice car but it's an automatic and the driving experience is a little more disconnected than the UrS4.

-teddy

----- Original Message ----
From: "theringmeister at triad.rr.com" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:24:39 PM
Subject: [s-cars] no-start...update


got home today and fiddled with the wires to the CPS behind the cover
 behind the sprocket, but without removing the sprocket as I didn't have
 anything to brace the thing with to keep it from turning.  When I
 attempted to remove it the whole thing turned about 20 degrees (with the
 belt intact and not skipping teeth, as it was zip-tied in place) I put the
 serpentine belt tensioner and tb cover back on and removed the zip
 ties, and voila! it started right up.  My guess is either I re-established
 contact in the wires to the CPS, or by moving the engine I somehow
 managed to get it started (not likely, but those are the only things that
 have changed since it wouldn't start).  I pulled codes and the only
 code I'm getting is for the Throttle position sensor (2212), but I'm
 getting it twice....not sure why.

Could that cause a no-start condition?  I did unplug it once in my
 attempts to get the car started and have held the throttle to the floor on
 numerous occasions trying to get it started as well....

Either way, I REALLY want the car back! 

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

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