Car overheated and now won't start.

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

ground issue, specifically between the engine ground and the chassis ground
where the coil taps from. connect a jumper cable from battery ground to the
upper part of the engine (throttle body area) to verify.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dswalterwi" <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: Car overheated and now won't start.


> I got caught in heavy traffic and the cooling fan decided to not start.
> I wan't able to get over for a while.  The oil temperature got to about
> 120 to 130 cecius and the water was up to the red zone.  I finally got
> to pul over and hot wired the fan from the battery to run the high mode
> all the way home I still had about 2-3 hours of driving.  Now the car
> does not want to start very well.  It cranks and cranks, but doesn't
> start.  Some times I can get it to start but it is when I am letting go
> of the key not during the actual cranking.  Thought it might be the
> battery I charged it up but same thing.
>
> Don
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