[s-cars] S6 no start fun

[Tom Green]

I would have thought by now you would have automatically checked for
DTCs and observed the MIL when reporting a no start problem.  Review
Scott Mockery's troubleshooting advice here and blink the codes if you
don't have access to VAG-COM:

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/

Wylie's thoughts about the CPS are probably correct, but a fault code to
verify it would be nice before beating the bushes for a replacement.

I think it has been said before on this list that for some reason  
teenagers and
s-cars don't seem to mix too well.  The reasons are not totally clear.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:10:17 -0500
> From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at entouch.net>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] S6 no start fun
> To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> Yeah, that little thing/spare I gave away not long ago...actually,  
> it's
> gotten to be quite long ago, I guess.  Should have gone with the  
> group buy
> to get another...now have to find a reasonable price somewhere
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wylie Bean [mailto:theringmeister at triad.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: Steve Marinello; s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com;
> s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] S6 no start fun
>
> Sounds like the infamous cam position sensor.  Gave it time to cool  
> down and
> it worked.
>
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 08 Q7 3.6
> Sent on the SprintR Now Network from my BlackBerryR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at entouch.net>
>
> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:41:55
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] S6 no start fun
>
>
> Well, the 17 year old was had the S6 last night at his girlfriends  
> and they
> made a run to Chik-Fil-A .and the car wouldn't start when they tried  
> to
> leave.  Conversation over the phone was along the lines of " what's  
> wrong?
> It won't start.  What does it do?  It won't start.maybe it's the  
> starter?
> Does it turn over?  It won't start!"  SO I headed out.  And guess  
> what?  It
> wouldn't start!
>
>
>
> He somehow couldn't relate that it turned over and cranked.and  
> cranked,
> without any weakness in the battery.  Nothing to see under the  
> hood.  The
> new injectors weren't leaking..no fuel smell.  Too hot an engine to do
> anything with, so I took them back the the gf's house to kill some  
> time and
> finally met the parents, after several months.
>
>
>
> Went back over about 90 minutes later and.it fired right up.  Possible
> culprits?  If it was a coil pack or PSD, the thing would likely  
> start and
> run crappy, right?  This took down the whole thing, so I'm thinking  
> higher
> up electrically or some fuel system issue that was at work.  Warm  
> evening,
> but cooler than it's been.  What do you think?  Am I missing something
> obvious?
>
>
>
> He just said that he had to give it gas to get it started some  
> mornings the
> past week???  Never experienced that with the car before.  The  
> starter is
> touchy after the ignition switch failure that did not let the starter
> disengage for a while, but that wasn't an issue last night when I  
> tried to
> start it.  Just went out and the initial crank was 'heavy', and then  
> it spun
> up and started, but did seem to need gas to get going.  First time  
> it's done
> that for me.why do these things develop on every can he drives??!   
> One week
> of driving him and his sister to and from school.
>
>
>
> And of course, a Saturday night leaving Sunday to figure what it  
> might be.
> Please let me know your thoughts.  Been asking for help and awful lot
> lately.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Steve