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hehehe. neons. only if I had a Pontiac firebird and a smoke machine. I'd sit in a carpark with dry ice smoke oozing out from underneath, a white neon and some kind of power ballads blasting out.
So anyway.. the majority of intelligent minds here suggesting knocking the **** out of the starter with a hammer (possibly while turning the key) cos the solenoid may be sticking. Vorsprung Durch Takethatyafukkibassrd!!
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1990 CQ20v
2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport
it's aliiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
I cleaned up the starter contacts, the cable contacts, washers and everything I could reach.. Put all back on nice and tight and woohoo! It turned over. A few fluttery gasps and maybe a dozen attempts and the car started. it runs like sh1ite though. But the main thing is it started at all. I'm a happy bunny indeed.
can someone confirm the order the cylinders should fire in so I can double check the leads on the dizzy cap?
One thing I did notice was a wee puff of smoke in behind the wastegate. Dunno if it came from the join to the downpipe or lower. I didn't keep it running too long but when I tried to give it a wee bit of throttle it gasped and died. I don't want to **** about with it in case it's not firing in the right order.
And.. seatbelts... I need to replace the driver's seatbelt because the one in the car was cut. Paul Nugent sent me a workshop pdf for seatbelts but it mustn't apply to 3Bs. The manual shows a tube where the procon ten cable joins just under the plastic door sill thing. no such luck on the 3B. To take the old one out I had to unhook the end of the cable above where the gearbox should sit and thread it back through the bulkhead into the cabin. I don't know if it's possible to open the seatbelt unit instead but the manual scared me with warnings of pyrotechnic charges in the seatbelt units. I don't know if this applies to the earlier 3Bs too. Don't fancy losing a hand finding out though.
Cheers for all the help so far guys. It's looking promising that a total amateur can do something this silly after all (albeit with a fair amount of help from friends with a bit of wit and more s2 knowledge than me)
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1990 CQ20v
2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport
Excellent ......That was not to bad considering the wiring at the back of the IM ....would not worry about the smoke from the wastegate as the heat will expand joins and burn off all the crap that has been on it ......Get some water in her now so the MFTS can read water/engine temp for ECU ..Did you get that 3B engine manual i emailed you?....firing order there
Need to double check the vacuum hose the third one we were looking for as well
The 2 leads that were the same were 4 and 5 i think so that is easy to swap over to see if that changes anything with running
cheers lads.
No Steve, didn't get the email. strange cos gmail will usually take up to 10meg. or is that just sending? hmm.
there'll be a load of things to check now. Must get my vagcom cable back and see if I can install the full version. Should give me some clues (code 147762738 - ratchet spanner in gearbox )
cheers
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1990 CQ20v
2001 3.0 B6 A4 Avant Quattro Sport
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