[s-cars] '95.5 S6: No warnings, no symptoms just won't start - help

[Michael Kaehly]

Well - some bad news - took off the cam cover and the timing belt was just
flopping around - slipped right off.  Anyone wanna buy an S6 needing a
little valve-work :)
 
Thanks for all the feedback!

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From: DGraber460 at aol.com [mailto:DGraber460 at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:00 PM
To: mkaehly at comcast.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] '95.5 S6: No warnings, no symptoms just won't start -
help


In a message dated 6/11/2006 11:11:51 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
mkaehly at comcast.net writes:

Late night burrito run to Chipotle. . .a non-eventful 1.5 mile trip. . .

Shut off the car for 5 minutes, get back in with burrito in hand, turn the
key and she won't "catch".

I have juice, not out of fuel, no smoke, no smell, all the warning
indicators (pre-ignition including CEL so I assume it see's the ECU) are
correct.  The only thing I can hear different is a "whine" when I turn her
over - like a belt rubbing whur.  She has never let me sit before and the
spontaneity of the problem make me think it's coilpack or timing or fuel
pump - but absolutely NO warning signs (at least that my amateur senses
could discern).

Anybody experience this thing before?  Do you think it's one of those "I'm
in Audi hell for 3 months" type of e-mail subjects or am I just being a
pragmatically-pessimistic-optimist? 

I was going to have her towed to my house but thought better of it since it
was not a "I know exactly what the issue is and I'll order the part myself"
issue.  So I had it towed to the closest place to me that knows how she
works (AutoSport Werks in Broomfield, CO).  At least I saved the extra
150.00 on another tow charge, eh?

Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated from this gruppe!

Mike Kaehly    


Mine did the same thing 2 weeks ago. I thought it was the ignition switch
again (replaced a year and a half ago), but several repeats and it would
start.  I also heard a relay buzzing under the dash when it happens.
So on the weekend I removed the switch to find it was not cracked or in any
way showing signs of failure. I lubed the mechanical part of the lock setup
and put it back together. It is working better now but still occasionally
takes several twists to get it to activate the starter.
I'm thinking that a new switch will be in the near future.
 
Dennis