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pumping the pedal wont help with FI. Check your head temp sensor resistance, should be 1500 to 3000 ohms on a cool morning. if its lower than 1500 or so that is your problem. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gamboa, Gary" <Gary.Gamboa@sylvania.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:53 AM Subject: [T3] Better starting in colder weather > Its starting to get colder here in the mornings (Massachusettes). > And my car is requiring 4-5 start attempts before idling on its > own. This is what I do: > > 1. Turn the key > 2. Give her two pumps of the gas pedal > 3. Attempt start. > > When it doesn't catch, I repeat the above process until it idles on its own. > > Is there anything I can do to ensure idle on the first try? > > Gary '71 FI AT > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >