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will not start

Post by 5potblair » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:56 am

the other day I drove my avant as normal then when I tried to start it after about 20mins away from car it would not fire only crank over till the low oil pressure icon appeared and I stopped trying. Called the AA and the very nice man reckoned it was the crankshat sensor but i think its the fuel pump. Have any of you had any similar problems and what was the solution???

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RE: will not start

Post by CliveH » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:13 am

which model is it? I mean 3B or ABY?
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RE: will not start

Post by Corey » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:13 am

Clive have you not been paying attention? If it's an Avant it's an ABY (shakes head at Clive).
Could be a couple of things but most likely it is the cam position sender, although if the AA man ran a diagnostic it would show this code on a non running engine even if the sensor was healthy.
You can jump the fuel pump to see if it runs.

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Post by CliveH » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:16 pm

Corey wrote:Clive have you not been paying attention? If it's an Avant it's an ABY (shakes head at Clive)
:bowdown:

In that case, yes, sounds like it's most likely to be the Hall Sender - have you tried pouring cold water down the back of the cambelt?

PITA to change the little bugger :roll:
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S2 ABY coupe, S4 B5 saloon, S4 B6 avant
RS4 B7 phantom black saloon, mint, fully loaded, low mileage - FOR SALE!- http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ic&t=88981
S8 D2 facelift, RS6 C5 saloon, both gone but not forgotten

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Post by 5potblair » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:15 am

Cheers for that boys I`ll call the garage where I took it tomorrow and pass your info on. When I dropped it off at another garage in town the owner said that these motors are very hard to read any fault codes? was he just filling my head full of nonsense?

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Post by CliveH » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:46 am

No, it's not that the fault codes are hard to read, but rather that the information that can be extracted from these older ECUs is a bit limited.

Do you have access to VAG-COM?
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S2 ABY coupe, S4 B5 saloon, S4 B6 avant
RS4 B7 phantom black saloon, mint, fully loaded, low mileage - FOR SALE!- http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ic&t=88981
S8 D2 facelift, RS6 C5 saloon, both gone but not forgotten

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Post by ericd » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:39 pm

CliveH wrote:No, it's not that the fault codes are hard to read, but rather that the information that can be extracted from these older ECUs is a bit limited.

Do you have access to VAG-COM?
As Clive suggests, Vag-com should see some error if you can get somebody who can use it, try tow/push starting it , it should still start if just the hall sender is 'tired', typically though they degrade over time and don't usually break altogether , without a few wanings and tempremental starting incidents...

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Post by 5potblair » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:47 am

I`m offshore at the moment and on night shift so when I can drag my ass out of bed early enough I`ll pass on all this info to the garage. Cheers boys!!

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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: will not start

Post by 5potblair » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:17 pm

Phoned the gararge today and my avant is sorted :lol: ... you boys were spot on with the problem solving , it was the camshaft sensor right enough.... Many thanks

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Post by CliveH » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:48 pm

Glad to hear you got sorted :thumbs:
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S2 ABY coupe, S4 B5 saloon, S4 B6 avant
RS4 B7 phantom black saloon, mint, fully loaded, low mileage - FOR SALE!- http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ic&t=88981
S8 D2 facelift, RS6 C5 saloon, both gone but not forgotten

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