This happened to me once on a B6 S4. What a friggin nightmare! The reason it was such a problem, at the time, is the car had died after I had been installing a marathon remote starter. turned a 5 hour job into a 12 hour job.

I didnt have the space in the engine bay with the 4.2 in there. I was wishing it was a 1.8 while that was happening....

The screwdriver trick will work no problem.