Re: Cold Starting

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

Maybe your time-thermoswitch is faulty, sending ground to the cold start valve
all the time, causing it to operate when the car is warm, making it harder to
start.
    -Josiah

Joel Leclerc wrote:

> I don't have any problem with cold start, even if it's getting cold here!
>
> I had more problem during summer time with warm start, the first start
> is fine, but if the engine run enough to get warm and I try to start
> after that, then it will take more time to restart.
>
> Look like my problem is the reverse of yours!
>
> Anyone can explain that?
>
> thx
> /Joel
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> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Benjamin Harder wrote:
>
> >   It is now getting pretty cold here in Cincinnati, OH.  The morning
> > temperatures
> > are only in the 30's.  Well, it seems that my 16v doesn't like these cold
> > starting
> > temperatures.  I am having no trouble at all cranking...and cranking.  The
> > engine
> > will turn over for about 5 seconds or more before firing.  Then, once it
> > fires, the
> > engine runs just fine.  I tried replacing the ground cable with a thicker
> > wire to see
> > if this could help, but it really hasn't helped the cold start.  Does
> > anyone with a
> > 16v have similar problems?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Benjamin Harder
> > 86.5 Scirocco 16v
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