Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Copied and pasted from Audi-sport. Just looking for as many answers as possible.
My 53 plate 2.0 TDi 140 is having some starting issues. Somedays it will start first time every time, sometimes (most) it takes 5-10 seconds of ticking over to start and sometimes it doesn't ever start!
I had the same problem a few months ago, read a couple things and got the starter motor out, bench tested it, cleaned it, put it back in and it seemed to have helped a little but still struggled to start.
Now I'm having the same problems, if not a little worse.
I can get into the car, key in, ignition on and all the dials etc are fully illuminated, go to turn the key and the battery does nothing but you can hear a fair bit on clicking (starter motor?), the doors lock/unlock and the time/mpg trip resets itself.
Car won't jump start or bump start no matter how big the other vehicle/amount of people pushing etc.
Had the battery off a couple times to charge so I'm guessing this is my problem? New battery?
I was just wondering if anybody else has had similar problems and it being something worse than the battery.
I've also got the dreaded 'A' head which is prone to cracking and does use a bit of coolant..
Thanks in advance
Jakey.
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VrsTurbo
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Registered: 8th Jun 10
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I'd say a dodgy earth
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Do you know which earths would be more likely and where they are situated?
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Battery is fucked. Slightest weakness in the batt and they won't start. If we had a colder winter mine would have been killed off by now.
Had happened on both of my mk5 golfs on their third year.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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JamesMG
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Registered: 14th Nov 06
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
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Will be a dodgy battery as said, once one of the plates inside starts to breakdown you won't be able to jump it as it will sap all the power so won't start even if jumped
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Dads A3 Sportback played similar tricks, new battery sorted it.
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Cheers treacle x
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