OMGosh it's one thing after another this month !!!

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

If it is anything like what has happened recently to my A4, then it
could be this.  There is a wire that goes into the starter, that
becomes disconnected.  When my starter was rebuilt, the positive
terminal was relocated.  The fellow who rebuilt it, does not know
Audi, that well.  In any event, it got disconnected, and it
occasionally made contact, resulting in a normal start, or one with a
grind. This of course, when the car was cold, since the wire was
rigid, and touched the terminal.  Finally, it did not start at all.
Turns out, that it was hanging on the terminal, by the figurative
thread.  Good luck Fay.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Fay Kelley <iceisit at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Well it seems it is the starter .... I took it to Napa and they said
> the batter was "okay" not great but adequate.
>
> I then took it to AutoZone to have codes run and it seems the
> connector for their machine is "newer" than mine and they couldn't
> read it.
>
> We tried jumping it when it wouldn't start and no go, so it isn't the battery.
>
> It doesn't seem to act like the ignition switch, and it starts easier
> when cold, so I am assuming starter.   And it has been gradually
> getting worse.
>
> So I'll have to try to find a rebuilt and then figure out how to
> change it .... couldn't be a worse time, we are north of Flagstaff
> now in Doney Park and the wind is horrible ..... snow drifts up to my
> waist and in town it is melting.     We don't have a garage to work
> in unless I can find one and it feels bitter cold to work on a car
> outside now.
>
> When it rains it pours.
>
> Fay
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