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

[Tim Hollister]

LOL not the Audi gods, I have appeased them with the purchase of another money pit. It's my
possessed Audi thats been spoiled rotten thats throwing a temper tantrum.

--- Ingo Rautenberg <i.rautenberg at waratap.com> wrote:

> 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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