Re: no cold starts

["Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>]

Have you tried adding an extra ground to the motor?  This was happening on a
friends 16V rocco a few years ago.  He got so frazzeled he finally took it
to someone to have it looked at.  The guy had a hard time figuring it out
too, but he found a VW tech bulletin on the subject saying to add an extra
ground to the top most bolt that holds the tranny (19mm)  to the engine.  He
did it and the car was cured.

The guy just added a ground strap to the bolt, but if you wanted to be trick
you could get the same upper bolt from a golf 2, it has a 13 nut attached to
the end of it for this exact purpose.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>
To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>; <monster@aros.net>;
<rocco16v@netzero.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: no cold starts


> I dunno, its doing something weird. On a cold start after only 2 secs of
> cranking i can smell fuel. Its not leaking anywhere, and doesnt do it when
> started hot. I may have some kind of funky failure of the thermo-time
> switch. Now im all confused :P
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
> 87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
> driveshafts, wheels :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
> To: <amalventano1@home.com>; <monster@aros.net>; <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: no cold starts
>
>
> >
> > Al I think you mean that if its too LEAN then it will start harder when
> > cold. FI and most fuel systems (actually ALL that I know of) start off
> rich
> > with a cold engine and in turn it gets leaner.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >Monster, may need to tweak fuel mixture. if its too rich it'll start
hard
> > >cold. If thats the case, and thermo time is also a problem, fixing it
> will
> > >make cold starts worse! heh.
> > >Just info for ya.
> > >Al
> > >
> > >Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> > >87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
> > >87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original
> clutch,
> > >driveshafts, wheels :)
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Monster" <monster@aros.net>
> > >To: "rocco16v" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> > >Cc: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 12:49 PM
> > >Subject: no cold starts
> > >
> > >
> > > > Resistance my ass!  I'm going up to the Ogden Junk yard today and
> > >getting
> > >an
> > > > ECM AND a thermo timing switch.  I am SO SICK of not having my car
> start
> > >in
> > > > the mornings. I would cuss it out in german but just makes it resist
> > >more.
> > > > Damn WOMAN car :/  I SWEAR it has to be a woman.. a MAN would never
be
> > >this
> > > > bad!
> > > > -=John=-
> > > >
> > > >
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