Hard Starting 1990 FWD 100

[Doug Yoder]

Theodore.Haug at rrd.com wrote:
> Hopefully, someone has encountered this before, and the fix is
> simple....the patient is a 1990 Audi 100 FWD - the car has been starting
> beautifully of late.  Until this afternoon anyway.  I recently replaced the
> electronic portion of the ignition switch (three weeks ago), and the car
> has been fine.  Today, however, she is difficult to start, and I have no
> dash warning lights, or working instrumentation when the key is turned.
> The accessory portion of switch works fine, I can turn on the headlights,
> and the climate control unit is working.  Then I turn the key to the start
> position and the starter turns and engages, but she doesn't want to start,
> and none of the instrumention seems to work and no dash warning lights.

No lights/etc when cranking sounds to me like voltage drops drastically. 
  Could be the starter failing, or could be a short in the ign switch (I 
would tend to think not, since it worked for three weeks after you 
replaced it, but something may have gotten rattled loose).

Difficult to start how?  Slow cranking?  Cranks fine but never catches? 
  Cranks, and almost catches?

-Doug

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