Grrr (cold weather starting probs)

[roclist at yahoo.ca (Scirocco Pilot)]

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
> '81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, '56 Cessna 172
> For Sale: '90 Passat Wagon, '82 Scirocco.
> "We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of
> them."  Livy.
> 
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