Problem turning over and ground upgrades

[calimus at techography.net (calimus)]

Only problem I ever had was where the car would turn over fine but I would
have to make 3-4 turns of the key before she would start.  My
cure....Upgraded the ground cable to the battery with a nice piece of 4 gage
cable.  Now she start almost instantly with the first turning of the key,
never fails.  I almost replaced the ICM (which is pricy for such a damn
small thing) but thought maybe I should try the ground cable first.  $4 (at
local AutoZone) compared to $60 is a perfect investment in my book.

William
----- Original Message -----
From: <Captnbr@aol.com>
To: <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 9:39 PM
Subject: Problem turning over and ground upgrades


> I have been having this intermittent starting problem.  Car has to usually
sit over night.  Go to start the car get the fuel pump buzz(kinda sickly
sounding) but starter does not engage, hold key in start for 5 second and
then it turn over.  Now I never really paid attention to the grounding
upgrading talk cause I never had the problem.  Think that is what the
problem is?  I know your supposed to add something to the alternator but I
don't know where, there are like 4 places that a wire can be attached to,
and then, where else does it go? Thanks
>
> Brian 86 16v
> 98 Jetta Vr6
>
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