200Q still dead, now what?

[Lawrence C Leung]

I wish you were one of my Physics students! They definitely don't get
this concept. My collegues and I think it's because they really do very
little hands on stuff outside of school and we don't have the time to get
them totally there. Keep track of your favorite Audi tech now, and don't
lose him/her, 'cuz the good ones aren't getting replaced anytime soon.

the Physics Teacher

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 11:21:39 -0600 Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com>
writes:
>>Yesterday, I bought a new starter ofr my '89 200Q and put the 
>>battery on the charger.  Well, I just got the new starter installed, 
>
>>hooked up the battery, turned the key, and click,click,click.  A few 
>
>>words that I won't repeat here were uttered, then I went through and 
>
>>rechecked all the connections.  All seems fine, and I even tried 
>>another battery.  So, now what do I do?
>>
>>
>>stranded at home until I get my car running
>>Calvin Krug
>>--
>>  I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that
>>are someone else's fault.
>
>Look for a bad battery cable or ground cable. You may need to use a 
>volt meter to do this. In order to perform this test, hook the volt 
>meter to each end of the suspect cable, and try to start the car. The 
>
>voltage should stay near zero. If it doesn't, that means that cable, 
>or one of the connections in it has high resistance, and you can 
>narrow it down from there. You could also try using a wire directly 
>from the battery to run the starter, and see if it runs then, which 
>would point to a problem in the ignition switch, wiring, or 
>associated components.
>-- 
>Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com