My car is a 2000 A6 Avant Quattro with the 2.8 tiptronic. It has 120,000 miles on it. I had the timing belt, rollers, belt damper, water pump, thermostat, etc... all replaced 10,000 miles ago.

Here is the problem. I hadn't driven it in a couple months (but had started it) and decided I wanted to take it out for a drive but the battery had gone dead. So I charged the battery and went to start it. It started up, ran for about 3-5 seconds and stopped. When I tried to start it again, the starter engages (spins), but the engine does not turn over.

I did the system check and it doesn't show any problems.

I'm not sure where the starter is located on this engine as someone mentioned to me the started selenoid may be not engaging to the ring gear and needs a tap.

My fear is since the engine actually stopped, it is the timing belt. Is there an easy way to check if it is (I thought you could see it when you take off the oil filler cap but it doesn't look like I can see it from there).

I have already spent thousands of dollars on it and would like to drive it!

Any help or advice would be most appreciative.

Thanks so much,

Jay

 

i think it might be batter related....
(make sure its fully charged)

 

Its the starter, just replace it.

 

Also make sure you didn't leave any interior lights on that would have caused your battery to go dead. When you jump a vehicle you should leave the jumper cables on for at least 1 minute, or it can die as soon as you remove the cables.

 

Define does NOT turn over...

Doesn't start or the crankshaft doesn't spin...?