Re: Problem with MFC and battery(?)

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Sounds like you should clean the contacts on your battery and at your starter,
and do some extra grounding.
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '86 Scirocco
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Brandon Dove wrote:

> The other morning I had real trouble getting my engine to turnover. It
> was probably about -7C and it *really* slowly chugged a couple times and
> then all of a sudden, "vroom" (ha! -- gotta love the sfx) it started.
> The voltmeter was showing about 8 - 10 V but after it ran for a sec it
> poped back up to the norm 13.8. Ever since then (it has been
> significantly warmer lately) if my car sits for any period of time, say
> 3-4 hours, I have the same rough turnover problem.  Also ever since that
> cold morning, my clock has been stuck at 8:51 despite my trying to set
> it and my MFC just doesn't seem to work -- I press the button and
> nothing happens.
>
> My first question: Did that one cold morning do some permanent draining
> damage to my battery?
>
> My second question: Has anyone else had problem like this with their
> MFC?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -Brandon Dove
> 89 Scirocco GT
> 83 Rabbit LS
>
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