Starting issue

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

Patient is an Audi A4 quattro with a 2.8 litre AHA, and a five speed manual.
Upon starting, it hesitates, then fires.  Sometimes, it will delay when
before cranking, or even make a slight grinding noise.  Battery is about
eight months old.

 

Yesterday, it wouldn't even crank- nothing at the key, dim interior bulbs,
dim odometer read, boosted by triple-AAA.

 

Danton J.A. Cardoso