Cant win eh... Just got back from vegas, and the mrs' car wont start. Worst of all, she just taken out the RS !! shock horror, it'll probabally break in transit

Anyways, we've been away for a week, and her car (2.0 16v Mk3 Golf GTI) won't start. It turns to start, but it sounds different to usual, almost as though there is no compression if that makes sense... its difficult to explain, but rather than going "chung,chung,chung" when you turn its more like a single long chung.....

Sorry for the lamo diagnosis, but im totally jet lagged and i think my brain is still on good old vegas

No visible signs of problems under the bonnet aside from the oil being low.. but surely this wouldnt cause the car not to start ?!

I know the car has had a small oil leak for a while now, so the oil being low doesnt surprise me.

Please please please give me some ideas, I really dont have the dollar to get it to a garage if I can help it.

Cheers,

Swanny

 

btt.. come on ladies.. i waiting here

 

could it have a sensor to tell it not to start if the oil is too low ?

 

twas wat i was thinking... gonna get up the garage for some oil in a min.

Any other ideas ?

 

Just topped up oil, still no joy.

FYI the oil wasnt totally out, just low enough to put the oil light on

 

Tried jump starting it with the bro (cheers doggydowg )

Still no joy

Ideas ?

 

Starter motor? Mines just packed in on my vr6

 

Give the starter motor a clout with something heavy - might do the trick

 

wont be this or it wont turn over. It will just be silent and also he tried bumping it which didnt work

is it sparking?

 

With the single long continual noise when trying to turn over i could stagger a guess that the timing belt has jumped/snapped. I hope this isn't he case but it would explain a few of your problems unless these cars have chains instead of belts

Cheers
Melly

 

Good news... was the sodding battery in the end

Strange that it wouldnt bump or jump start, but we ended up getting another battery starting her up and then swapping batterys back.

Thanks for your help though guys

 

Thats a relief mate. Keeps the wallet bashing down to a minimum

Cheers
Melly

 

maybe disconecting the battery reset the ecu back to factory settings or somthing