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Won't start by itself
Fellow Audians; After three months of bliss, the honeymoon has come to an abrupt
end. My '91 200TQW will not start itself. The problem first reared its head Monday
after work. I turned the key and nothing happened. Same thing about three times. Got
out of the car, for a moment, had a look around and got back in. Turned the key; it
quickly started and off we went. It started right up yesterday morning; did the wait until
I'm ready yesterday afternoon after work, and I had turned the key twice this morning
with nothing but on the third try it started right up. There's no long rhrhrhrhrhrhrh grind,
just nothing, and then a quick Brrp and off we go. It's consistently inconsistent. This
afternoon after work it would not start period. I pushed it on to the parking garage ramp
and jump started it (popped the clutch in 2nd) and off we went, no problems. Right now
it's into the third hour on a battery charger. Its got to be an electrical gremlin, but I
have no idea where to start. Well, not exactly true, I did check the fuses, there did not
seem to be a dedicated starter fuse, but they all seemed to be OK and seated
properly. If it helps that car has 86K. Any an all advice greatly accepted. TIA Greg