[V6-12v] Re: V6 no start update - it starts

[Kent McLean]

Yesterday I had the car towed to the mechanic. Before we put
it on the flat bed, I tried one more time -- half a cough, but
still no-start.  Today the mechanic looked at it. Whenever he
gets a non-starting car in, he automatically replaces the plugs.
Which I had just done on Sunday (0 miles on the plugs, since
the car wouldn't start for me). He got in the car, pumped it
hard, and -- the M.F. started!!!

He let it run, shut it down, started it right back up. The third
time, letting it idle, it stalled. Hooray! Pulling the real codes
with a Vag-Com (not the blink codes with the CEL), it showed two
bad O2 sensors.  I'll replace them tomorrow.

The mechanic didn't do anything I didn't do. Well, except for
pumping the gas hard (I just pumped it). It started for him, but
not for me.  Go figure.

So, what did we learn?  Audis are enigmatic, mysterious beasts
that are not to be trusted.  I'm sorry I can't say, "It was the
fritzmitz."

Oh, and the car now has a name.

--
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" is no more