Re: quattro-digest V4 #3437

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:23:00 -0800
From: "j. o'brien" <jeffo@direct.ca>
Subject: Not starting

Well, I went to start my 84 5000S the other day, and it made a pretty
wierd sound. Loud. Annoying. Not very friendly sounding, from the
engine; however, it went away within 3 seconds of starting. Then, the
engine overheating light came on-- I believe that's what it was (I do
not have the manual).

Well, it came on every couple minutes or so, and when I stopped the car,
it wouldn't start. Not turning over, it would just make a click, or go
click-click-click... and the tachometer would rise. The battery is fine.

I believe that it may be either the starter or perhaps the connection(s)
leading to the starter... but I'm not very sure about any of this.

Thanks in advance for any help that you can give!

j. o ' b r i e n


The bad noise probably was the starter failing to disengage from the
flywheel (solenoid problems?).  The clicking noise probably is the solenoid
failing to position the starter gear with the flywheel.  The gear normally
needs to advance to the flywheel alignment position to complete the circuit
turning on the starter.