[V6-12v] Car not starting

[James Whitehouse]

I agree with this list of possibilities. However, I'd check the fuel pump
relay first, then the fuel pump. Just because it's a one minute to the next
fault and I wouldn't expect those others to be causing that type of fault
(apart from the potato in the exhaust and even then I'd expect it to fire,
run, then die). A fuel pump relay/ fuel pump itself, however, can be very
much a 'working one minute, dead the next' problem and it doesn't throw any
fault codes, which a lot of those other possibilities would.
My fuel pump died as I was driving once - talk about instant, it literally
just stopped working as I was going along and sedately drifted to a halt at
the side of the road. A shot fuel pump relay would have a similar effect -
little or no warning.

Hope it's something simple like that.
James

On 1/2/05 3:08 am, "The CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net> wrote:

> Possiblities:
> 
> Clogged exhaust -- check for presence of potatoe, other malicious
> blockage
> Clogged air intake passage (insufficient air). Check for presence of
> animal.
> Fuel pump or injector pump bad -- check fuses first.
> Fuel filter clogged (unlikely one day to the next, but possible)
> Distributor cap loose/off
> Timing hall sensor broken/disconnected.
> 
> Good Luck!
> =-= Marc Glasgow
> On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 08:58  PM, Mancubus wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on an issue that I am
>> having.
>> 
>> As the title says, my car, 95 90 Quattro, will not start. I drove into
>> work this morning and there were no symptoms of any problems.  The car
>> has been running great for the past 10 months without a single hiccup
>> or CEL.  This evening as I went to leave the garage the car would
>> crank but not start.  It appears to have plenty of battery power and I
>> have confirmed that the starter is turning as I was able to make the
>> car creep forward while cranking the engine and slowly engaging the
>> clutch.  I checked all the obvious fuses and made sure all the cables
>> to the plugs and the coil were secure.  I also attempted to pull the
>> DTC codes from the computer and received a '4444' which means no codes
>> stored.
>> 
>> Have I missed anything?  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> 
>> TIA!
>> 
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