I leave the house to go to the store. I make it 3 blocks, come to the stop sign and stop. Leave the stop sign, get through first and second gear, shift to third and the car bogs down and dies. Now it won't start for the life of me.


I've checked all the fuses in the dash panel on the drivers side that would relate to this, and they're fine. And I'm not sure what the problem would be.

Any help would be great, since I'm totally clueless right now.

(2000 A4 1.8T ATW 5spd, no engine mods)

 

Are you using your valet key?

 

Open the hood. Take the timing belt cover off, and check your timing belt. I would start there.

How many miles do you have on the car and when (if ever) has the timing belt been changed. 1.8t timing belts need to be changed at 60k. Get the ecu scanned. Fault codes will be stored in the ecu and will most likely lead you to your problem. Report back what you find.

Good luck..... And keep your fingers crossed!

 

+1 on jr. If you cranked it after you stalled which Im sure you and your timing belt is broken then you are in for a big bill $$$. If you don't know how to check your TB it's under the black plastic cover on the front of the motor just unclip it.

 

1.8T timing belts do not need to be changed at 60k. That is ****. 80k is what most people do, and I think that is 10k less than what Audi advises. 00+ use the new style tensioner anyways. Easy to check the T belt though, certainly worth a look. Don't take the cover off completely though, just unclip the two tabs and pull it back enough to check the tension.

 

Timing belt was the first thing I checked cuz I know how fatal it can be if that were to break. It's fine.

Engine has spark, it's getting fuel, turns over.... just won't fire. I'm so damn confused.

And I'm not getting any trouble codes either. I don't get it.

 

You could check your turbo outlet pipe and intercooler hoses. They don't normaly slip off, but anything is possible depending on if it were taken appart before and put back together sloppily.

 

If all that is true it is prob alternator or connections to it

 

Or belt is slippin on alt. wheel

 

Timing belts should be at 60K, that's not **** it is precautionary. When does $200 and an a few hours of work outweigh a $3000 plus repair bill for 20k more???? 80k is pushing it, from what I have seen. Even the Audi dealerships seem to think so, at least in Colorado where you see an Audi ever 2 min. Either way the in block plastic impeller water pumps in the face lift cars usually don't last 80k anyway. Some don't even last to 60k. At least my AWD GTi as well as the AWW Golf didn't.

A car will run with no alternator until the voltage drops to low. At that point most cars will not crank. A 1.8t will run without anything attached to the TB. It will go into limp mode, but will still run. Had a shop Golf pop off a lower IC pipe, and still ran. Just went into limp.

So the cam sprocket is turning when you crank?

How do you know you are getting fuel and spark?

This might be a long shot, but do you have a chip? Did you check to make sure your ECU harness didn't pop off?

I can think of other things, but we'll start from here.