I attempted to clean the throttle body today and after I got everything back together I started her up and there was a new rattle. I figured it may have something to do with the TB so I aligned it with vcds then attempted to start it up again but now nothing. It won't even turn over. More scary is there's now a coolant leak coming from somewhere. It only occurs when I attempt to start and only a few cups leak out.

Anybody have any ideas? On the coolant or the no-start?

 

The coolant seems to be coming from the very bottom of the engine, midways back. Doesn't appear to be the overflow tank, radiator (top or bottom), nor the coolant temp sensor.

At the moment it doesn't appear to be the water pump or thermostat area...

It almost looks like it's from just under the drive shaft, but I'm not sure what coolant is doing running down there.

As far as the car not starting, still no clue. I have no idea how I could mess up the car so badly when just cleaning the throttle body, but this has to be a record.

I may be over thinking this now, but when I got under the car to grab a lost bolt, I I got back up and brushed my sleeve off which had quite a few small pebbles/gravel on it. They all fell into the back of the engine by the TB but none of them went INTO the TB. I dunno what other damage they could have done.

 

My inquiry with 0 helpful hints as to give people a place to start has been moved here:

https://www.audiforums.com/forum/b5-...ine-go-217826/

Somebody with the power to delete threads can get rid of this deadweight and we'll move any discussion to the more informative thread.