type44 rough start and rough idle when cold.. CO off? any

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In a message dated 1/12/05 9:20:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
syljay at optonline.net writes:


> Arcing inside the distributor cap. In the mornings, when its cool and damp,
> condensation encourages the arcing.
> The plugs are not firing all the time, and/or crossfiring.
> Once the moisture dries off, the motor runs fine for the rest of the day.
> Read more here:
> http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/2004-April/090402.html
> 
> 
> 

i highly doubt thats my problem, as it was doing it on 90 degree mornings 
this past summer, but i'll check the dist cap anyway. also you said you started 
it up and it ran fine.. well, i start mine up and it idles like crap. its not 
the same prob as you described above..   any more ideas?

thanks tho..
chris
85 5kt