V6 no start update - it starts

[Mike LaRosa]

was it simply flooded ?  I've had it happen on V8's
when the battery was low and it didn't start right
up...  had to clean the plugs, charge battery, hold
pedal to the floor....


Mike,


--- Alex Kowalski <akowalsk at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.
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