Re: Problem with MFC and battery(?)

[Brandon Dove <bdove@mks.com>]

Well I checked contacts and added some fat grounds a couple months ago which
really improved things....now the biggest problem is that the MFC seems to have
been fried from starting that one cold morning =(

-Brandon

Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:

> 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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