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On 25 Sep 2003 at 10:53, Gamboa, Gary wrote: > 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? I'd hold the pedal down just a bit while starting and after it catches. Try to keep it going with the pedal. It may take 5-10 seconds after it first starts to get all the air out of the fuel line so that it can idle reliably. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org