[V6-12v] Car not starting

[James Whitehouse]

By the way 'check for presence of animal'. Spot on! Love it!
Just have this image of some poor, windswept rodent in the air intake who's
like 'Woaaahh! Get me the **** outta here!!'


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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