Re: no cold starts

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

I beleive it goes from the upper most tranny bolt to the negative battery
cable.  That's where it was installed on my friends 16V.
----- Original Message -----
From: "RYAN STACK" <rtsst20+@pitt.edu>
To: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: no cold starts


> My 88 has had that same problem for the past two years.  I figure it's
time
> I shoud do something about it.
> So my question is were do you put the extra ground? (battery,
> starter,.....)
> I'm getting a little tired of waiting four or five times for it to start.
> I know one of these times, that the batterty is gonna die on me, and I'm
> gonna wish I
> spent the couple of bucks to put the wire on
>
> Thanks
> Ryan
>
>
>
> --On Thursday, December 27, 2001, 7:13 PM -0800 Daun Yeagley
> <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:r
>
> >
> > --- Scirocco-Al <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com> wrote:
> >> Have you tried adding an extra ground to the motor?
> >
> > I second this wholeheartedly.  Case in point:
> >
> > '87 Scirocco I have here currently.  I've got records back
> > to the day it came off the truck, and it has had a
> > recurring problem of "poor cold start."  Exactly the same
> > symptom - i.e. crank and crank and just as you let off the
> > key, it starts.
> >
> > After adding *one* additional ground wire the car starts
> > wonderfully, has been for a month so far.
> >
> > Add a ground wire or two!  Takes 10 minutes and is cheap!
> >
> > =====
> > Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>
>
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