Need Help desparately. A6 won't run.

[John Naitove]

Brian-
Thanks for my one and only response. I had the timing belt replaced
12,000 miles ago. I did take your advise and removed the plugs and
squirted some oil in the cylinders. I was able to start but it feels
like its running on 4 cyls. Then the red oil light comes on so I shut it
down. Any advice from anyone else out there.
John Naitove

Brian O'Neill wrote:

> the oil loss is not that bad for a v6, not as far as
> hurting it, mines been as much as 2 1/2 low. i did
> have one that did need an oil pump, the light would
> come on from time to time, the only time it sounded
> like it didnt have oil presssure was cold start up. i
> told them i thought it needed a pump and to take it to
> dealer ( i dont do that kind of stuff ) so they did,
> dealer said it was fine, within 6 months, it popped
> the motor, dealer bought them a used one an installed
> for free !!
>
> black smoke- that would not be related to low oil or
> no oil pressure, that may be a big vaccume leak, maybe
> the sound you were hearing ????
>
> does the car sound normal when you turn it over ??? or
> does it sound like its skipping ??? if it is skipping,
> you may be talking timing belt, pull the covers and
> see. turn the crank till the little slit is lined up
> with the plastic cover mark, pull the cam covers and
> see if the cams are straight ( both the holes in the
> cam plate will be at 9 and 3 o'clock ) make sure both
> the little holes or both big holes are faceing each
> other.
>
>
>
> if they are step 2 : if the car skipps while starting,
> it more than likely flooded its self too, so pull all
> the plugs and give each cylinder 2 squirts of oil down
> in the holes, put the plugs in and hope for the best.
>
> check the main air box hose for tightness and cracks,
> these v6 motors are not prone to starting problems
> like that, unless you have a freeky one !!!!
>                         good luck and let me know !!!
>                           brian o'
> 93 90 cs
> 90 80  ( weird speedo )
> 89 80  ( needs front sheet metal )
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>
> --- John Naitove <naitove at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> > Today my wife was driving my 95 6Q Avant. She wasn't
> > 1/2 mile from the
> > house (car hadn't been driven since yesterday) when
> > the oil light came
> > on. Since I was off BMX racing she stopped, turned
> > off the engin and
> > checked the owners manual which she interpreted as
> > the the oil being
> > hot, but since the oil temp guage said otherwise,
> > she turned around and
> > started to come home (up a steep hill).  . The light
> > came on, and the
> > engine started sputtering and emitting black smoke
> > so she parked it.
> > When I returned home, I checked the oil which was
> > down about 1 1/2-2
> > qts.  I added oil and started it. It started up,
> > sputtered a bit then
> > stalled. When I tried to restart it, it turned over
> > but wouldn' t start.
> > It has 72k miles. The oil was changed about 4000
> > miles ago. The fuel
> > filter was also changed when it was supposed as
> > scheduled. I drove the
> > car all day yesterday. It ran fine but I heard a
> > slight noise in the AC
> > ducts. I thought that that might be due to the hose
> > that the
> > condensation runs out of being clogged from all crap
> > falling out of the
> > oak trees lately. HOW BADLY AM I SCREWED?
> >
>
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