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Old 08-30-2008, 12:16 PM
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My 8 won't start?!

Hello everyone,

Ok, so I had to leave my 04 8 at a friend's garage for about 3 months, cause I went out the country. And now when I tried to ship it, the car won't start. My friend tried to boost the battery, but it didn't work. What other possibilites are there?
Old 08-30-2008, 02:54 PM
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Could be:

Dead battery
dead starter
flooded
bad coils
bad plugs
no fuel
bad fuel pump
pinched fuel line
blown fuse
or a hundred other things

Ask you friend for some more info on exactly what it's doing to narrow it down
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If the battery is truly dead, jumping it with the bad battery in there may not work.
Need to get that battery completely out of the loop.

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Old 08-31-2008, 12:34 AM
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take the battery to be tested to see if that's the issue. If not, at least it rules something out.
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1st, turn the key and see if it is cranking. If no respond, thank god, battery is gone and worst to worst just need to buy a new one. If it is cranking, then plenty of things that can be the root cause.
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i flooded my engine a few months back, worst experience of my life.
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