Car overheated and now won't start.

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

Don,
  My MkII acted the same way from the day I bought it.  Six months later, after being advised by the list and doing some experimentation on my own (including a revealing test involving two batteries; one doing nothing but driving the starter), I CLEANED ALL THE GROUNDS AND REPLACED ALL THE QUESTIONABLE CABLES.
 Problem solved....instant start.
 
The fact that this started just after the overheating episode may have been only a coincidence...possibly the RAIN had more to do with the condition you find the car in than the overheating.....?

Your 'Roc wouldn't be an eight-va.....oh, never mind.
:)

Larry
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dswalterwi 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:21 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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