V6 no start update - it starts

[Alex Kowalski]

OooooOooooh...now THIS is getting interesting! (sorry, Kent, I know it's not quite so 'interesting' to you -- I owe you a beverage.)  We're stuck someplace between the MAF sensor, the ECU, the injectors and the Moody Blues...

Breathlessly awaiting the verdict,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ


> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:20:02 -0800
> From: "Chris Perry" <cgperry42 at msn.com>
> Subject: RE: V6 no start update - it starts
> To: "'Kent McLean'" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>,	"'quattro-list'"
> 	<quattro at audifans.com>,	"'V6-12V list'" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
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> 
> This is EFI right?  I had a friend who called me a while back because
> his A4 1.8t wouldn't start.  I took my VAG-Com over and we spend quite a
> lot of time troubleshooting this and that.  Absolutely everything
> checked out perfect.  What I ended up doing (on a whim) was just
> cranking the car over for about 10 seconds while holding the gas pedal
> down all the way. After about 10 seconds it started up just fine and ran
> perfectly.  After doing some research I found out that the EFI cars no
> longer use a cold start injector but just send extra fuel through the
> injectors when it is cold.  This works well until a certain condition is
> met.