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Grrr (cold weather starting probs)



careful there, the crappy old ground strap is capable of dropping 3-4 volds
while starting.
be sure to check the voltage at the battery itself while cranking. if the
voltage is good, the ground strap may be the problem.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scirocco Pilot" <roclist@yahoo.ca>
To: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>; <treed2@wsu.edu>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Grrr (cold weather starting probs)


> I concur (sp?) w/Daun, What is the voltage at the cig
> lighter/ battery WHILE cranking, if it's below 10
> that's normal, below 8 battery's weak, below 7 volts,
> time for a new battery....
>
> IMHO,
>
> Jason Adams, currently dealing with frozen cars in the
> great white north...
>
>  --- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote: >
> > --- treed2@wsu.edu wrote:
> > > Just when I thought I hated VW's cooling systems
> > more
> > > than VW's
> > > electrical...
> > >
> > > I was gonna go for a quick spin in the snow to
> > check
> > > drivability before
> > > leaving on my long trip.. so I cleared several
> > inches of
> > > snow off the
> > > roof, hood and windows and climbed inside. I
> > turned the
> > > key to start the
> > > engine and it didn't turn over.
> > >
> > > Well, it made a wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh sound that was
> > very
> > > uncharacteristic of
> > > it... but it didn't noticably "spin". The dash
> > lights
> > > dimmed a small
> > > amount and the tach wigged out just a little (like
> > 100
> > > rpm, once or
> > > twice).
> >
> > When was your battery last replaced?  I'm guessing
> > it may
> > be dead.  My 16v is doing this when I haven't driven
> > it in
> > a couple days, and this is when the temps are still
> > in the
> > 50s.  Just a couple more days to get through, then
> > winter
> > storage. *sigh*
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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> > For Sale: '90 Passat Wagon, '82 Scirocco.
> > "We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of
> > them."  Livy.
> >
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