Hard Start- Help?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <34CA60C8.2C43@mm.com> Claire Hames & ColinHames writes:

> I had diffuculty starting my '87 5KCSTQ.  The dealer told me the turbo
> Audis have a longer crank time(??).

There's a grain of truth in this, in that some cars need a complete crank 
revolution for the ECU to identify (from the Hall sensor) which of the two TDCs 
per complete four-stroke cycle is the firing TDC.

It's less than a second, though.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club