[V8] Untimely death of the $400 v8?? we will see tonight..

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Ha!  When I spoke to Tim about this on Friday I suggested that the  
starter gear had somehow temporarily become stuck.  A stuck starter  
gear won't allow you to turn the motor.  Of course, when he later  
went to start it is was like nothing had happened :-)

Of course, we really know it's the Audi gods exacting their revenge  
'cause Tim's getting another V8 ;-)

Ingo

On Nov 5, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> Tim Hollister wrote:
>> nope.. it runs now but we dont trust it yet.
>>
>> when it wouldnt start you could clearly hear the starter engage  
>> the flywheel.
>>
>> maybe this is the first symptom of alfred e. newman syndrom
>
> I guess you'd have to remove it to tell, but does the starter spin?
> It may be that the solenoid is OK, but the starter doesn't spin on
> its own, and therefore can't/won't turn over the engine.
>
> I'd pull the starter and test it. And while it is out, I'd manually
> turn the engine over to check all the teeth on the flywheel. With
> luck, may be just an intermittent problem with the starter.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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