Grrr (cold weather starting probs)

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Well you know what I think of ground straps, I just redid mine  (hopefully 
for the last time) and still no fire. Off to have a load test, and the 
battery was pooched. Now to find a decent place to buy a replacement. 
Hopefully that'll fix it, it's been unreliable starting of late, but there 
were some ground issues as well. It had been losing voltage when it sat, I 
was figuring there was a slow drain. A good battery is a beautiful thing, 
but good grounds are next to godliness, well, that and cleanliness.
Cathy


>From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
>To: "Scirocco Pilot" <roclist@yahoo.ca>, "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>, 
>        <treed2@wsu.edu>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Grrr (cold weather starting probs)
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:05:00 -0500
>
>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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> > > them."  Livy.
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