NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/autos/vw/8403

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Jetta cold weather starting problems
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Date: 21 Jan 93 16:04:38 GMT
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    Here's one for all of you water-cooled, gas-powered gurus out there.
My Mom's '90 Jetta *refuses* to start if the temperature is below about 15F.
You can crank it forever, and it almost seems like it's going to catch, but
it either dies out while you're still cranking or as soon as you let go of
the key.  She took it in and had a tuneup at a local garage (and found out
that the dealer hadn't done half of the things that they were supposed to do
at the regular service visits, but that's between them and VWoA now)
Anyway, once the car is started it seems to run just fine.  It's not the
battery -- there's plenty of power.  (You can even jumpstart another car
from it without starting it.)  It doesn't seem to be the fuel -- it's done
this through a few tanks of gas from different stations now.  The garage can
never duplicate the problem because it's never cold enough when *they* try
to do it.  Anyone have any ideas?

Tom

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