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Re: Coupe won't start :-(



> Before I had the ground from the battery box or the - terminal of the
> battery hooked up to the engine,  my brother decided that he wanted to see
> if the engine would turn over.  When he turned the key the engine would turn
> over very slowly.  My thought......the ECU ground at the intake was hooked
> up.  This was the only ground that I can think of except possibly through
> the axles to the struts to the tie rods....etc.  Could the high current load
> have caused damage to the wiring/relays etc.  ? 

What a horrible thought.  Try swapping the ignition control unit (the
one with the chunk of aluminum as a heat sink) if you can with another
one.

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT