[V8] Fw: V8 not starting

Paul Jager pjager at telus.net
Mon Dec 6 14:39:05 PST 2010


> Check the MAF or unplug the MAF (limp mode)
>
> Typical of a hot wire sensor failure
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "munir akhtar khan" <munirbaluch at yahoo.com>
> To: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>; "audifanV8" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] V8 not starting
>
>
> Thanks for ur help. I ll try to tell the exact story. While driving in
> residential area, I slowed down at a bend when first time the car stalled 
> and
> when i reached home and engine was idling it stalled and stopped. Now I 
> crank
> the engine it starts after very long ignition but when i remove my foot 
> from gas
> pedal it stops immediately.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> To: munir akhtar khan <munirbaluch at yahoo.com>; audifanV8 <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sat, December 4, 2010 8:13:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [V8] V8 not starting
>
> I can't think of any way an issue with the TPS would cause a no-start.
>
> Did the car stall on you or did it just not want to start the next time
> after a routine shutdown?
>
> The TPS is near the very front of the engine. If you look at the air
> cleaner cover and then just in front of it is the flat shelf where one 
> might
> set, say a beer, or use as a small work table to do some light soldering,
> next going back forward toward you would be the throttle valve assembly 
> with
> the Intake Air Temp Sensor pointing off to your left (toward the passenger
> side of the car). The next thing further forward toward you and down below
> the IATS and also with the connector pointed left (passenger side) is a
> small balck box with a large connector. That is the TPS.
>
> You might try simply disconnecting and reconnecting the connector to clean
> the contacts.
>
> It is possible to adjust the TPS. It shouldn't be necessary unless this
> part was recently removed and/or installed. I've never found one to be
> loose, but it's possible. It seems that the two screws that hold the TPS
> are most often nearly impossible to get loose. They are phillips head
> screws and access is a PITA. I usually use some pliers to get them loose,
> then a phillips on them from there. On one car, I replaced them with small
> bolts with a 8mm or so head.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf 
> Of
> munir akhtar khan
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:18 AM
> To: audifanV8
> Subject: Re: [V8] V8 not starting
>
>
> No it doesn't start even when it is cold and code for flywheel sensor is
> 2111
> but i got 2121.Which is most likely related to TPS. How to check or 
> replace
> the
> TPS?If links for a picture of these steps can be posted, it would be a 
> great
>
> help.
> Munir
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "cobram at juno.com" <cobram at juno.com>
> To: munirbaluch at yahoo.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Sat, December 4, 2010 6:57:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] V8 not starting
>
> If it restarts after things cool down you have a bad flywheel sender.
> Check the archives, there's plenty in there about it.
>
> BCNU,
> Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
>
> munir akhtar khan <munirbaluch at yahoo.com> writes:
>> My V8 with ABH not starting after shut down while it was
>> idling.pulled code
>> 2121.how to proceed? Munir
>
>
>
>
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