Orlando Smith

Tried replacing the sensor as the vcds showed. It still is having a hard time cranking. So far new pumps, filter, cps, spark plugs. Weather has been crap here recently but i will do another scan soon. I dont know what next. I looked at my timing belt and it seems fine. When i turn the car on my rpm guage doesnt move. As im cranking the rpm guage will jump ever so slightly. The guage doesnt do much more than a slight bump

MP4.2+6.0

Frankly amazing. What is the problem with the repeated ether suggestion??????????????? Right there yet again in first ten words of GG's latest reply. So basic, and neither of us were born yesterday diagnostics wise.

Frustrating to spend my time on it if it just gets blown off. Please get on with it.

Orlando Smith

Ok so i got the vehicle towed to a local monro. After 2 days he said he couldnt narrow it down with his equipment. I am looking to send it to a european specialist. They are all booked 2 weeks out. In the meantime i will be towing it home. I called a local import specialist who said it is more than likely the timing slipped. He said ima need a new timing belt and might as well do tensioner, damper, water pump, thermostat, and everything else in there. 600-1500. Repair. He based that on the information given and is strongly adament about it without even seeing it. Idk

Giovanni Giovino 6.0+6.0TT

Hello Orlando,
Please tell us what happened when you gave the engine a shot of ether, also what happened to posting a full scan, being that you have cranked it so many times prior to the plug change, were the old sparkplugs wet with fuel when you pulled them, as they look pretty damn good in your picture, have you pulled any of the new sparkplugs after cranking to check for fuel, have you done a compression test on all 8 cylinders, did you ever pull one coil out and place a sparkplug in and ground the threads of said plug with a jumper wire to the body for ground, do not do this to often as you could burn out the coil, BTDT, what about as in my last response in reference to the bad CAT ?

Orlando Smith

Ok so as of today here is an update. I had my car 60 miles to the nearest audi dealership. it took them 2 weeks before they could even touch my car. The dealer finally called me with an update. He claims that he is not getting any compression and i have multiple cylinder misfires. he believes the timing may have jumped and needs to be replaced. he claims that the valves are more than likely damaged and this entire process requires engine and tranny removal. he quoted me 6500 for this. Says theres no way to tell if there is damage to the valves unless its removed and at that point they will determine if they should be replaced. My counter-argument was that the last time this vehicle was driven it was smooth as silk. it did not fire back up in the past 2 months. its only cranking. he claims the vehicle started up but i could not get it to start and i asked him how he got it to start and claims the mechanic who did it, did it and he doesnt know. idk seems fishy, i know a local guy who quoted me 1600 for all of it. I can buy an engine for 1300 online i noticed. before i would pay 6000 ill spend 2000 and a couple friends and youtube lol. But realistically ill pay this guy 1600 no problem if i can.

chokboywonda

So the Ether mystery continues????

dvs_dave

If the timing has skipped, no amount of ether is going to help.

Orlando Smith

Thanks, i do not wanna force start what refuses to start, im concerned with piston slap and valve damage that forcing ether and allowing a bad timing vehicle to run can cause. I found a shop called East Coast Auto Source who specialize in audi bmw benz bentley jaguar and all the other big ones; they quoted me 30 dollars an hour for ANY vehicle repair. The sales rep George explained to me that this can be done significantly cheaper than what audi quoted. they specialize in flood damage salvage repair. So anybody in the Virginia area who have expensive problems can go to this guy!!

Orlando Smith

BTW they claim to have made the vehicle start at audi. so i assume they used ether. or some sort of solution. they said it ran terribly. had multiple cylinder misfires and low compression.

Orlando Smith

ok so after months of waiting, im finally getting my car back however....its not fixed yet. Allow me to begin, first to summarize what has happened thusfar; my car would crank but it would refuse to actually start and idle. I began with tossing more money into my audi than a high class prostitute. First the fuel pump, then the fuel filter, then the spark plugs. But somehow the audi seem un-phased at my mediocre attempts of rectifying this situation. So figuring id outsmart it, i replaced the crankshaft position sensor; and behold....Nothing. With the addition of a dead battery, this problem seemed too cunning for me to handle alone i and decided shipping it to some friends. My buddy whose the Monro muffler general manager had it for about a whole week before finally admitting defeat. Even the audi dealership left me with a 6500 dollar diagnostic and repair charge. This leaves me with the vehicle being parked in my driveway, un-repaired. Figuring it must be the timing belt due to the loss of compression at each cylinder and the the rpm guage not moving even after the CPS swap, i must unbolt the top of the timing belt cover, and see if i can tell if its at TDC. hopefully i can see this without removing the entire front end. Funny story, the tow guy, tow guy number 5 to be exact attempted shipping my car from audi to an indie and with my front suspension already low due to a simple forgot to change the suspension settings while i had it on a jack" that in combination with his impetuous attitude, caused him to drag my front end; damaging my drivers side air conditioner lines, driver fog light, and the entire bumper beneath the fog light beyond a simple popping back in place. He obviously offered to repair my front end. Less than a week later i received a call thoroughly explaining the repair procedure cost; and to notify me that my vehicle is completed and will be delivered to my front door or place of choice. What a tedious endeavor to not find any new information. However i did manage to score a new front end since my last one didn't look super immaculate. Now im stuck doing a timing service myself on my side-street becoming a literal representation of the shade tree mechanic i really am.