[s-cars] S6 no start fun

[Robert Myers]

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Yes, Tom, a DTC would be a nice verification.  Unfortunately when 
mine failed no codes were set.  Yeah.  I know.  Codes are supposed to 
be set by such a failure.  Mine didn't.

Bob


At 04:00 PM 9/20/2009, Tom Green wrote:
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>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
> > Message-ID: <A5420BCCB30B4E7EA9C226441743B5C6 at GT5674>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;     charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > 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
>
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