[s-cars] cold weather startingis

[chris chambers]

Jerry,

You have stated:

Your car won't start without the extra current drawn from the other
battery.

The engine turns over at the normal speed.

Sounds to me like the extra voltage/current is needed to either bring
the fuel up to pressure or provide enough ignition. Either way I'd have
the battery checked and prepare to replace it. My experience has shown
that these cars can be sensitive to weak batteries.

HTH
Chr


--- Jerry Scott <jerryscott at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The cranking speed seems to be normal, so I don't think that the
> battery 
> is the problem. It just will not start without the added 14 volts of
> a 
> running car jumped to my battery.  It starts fine until it gets down
> to 
> 0 deg. F.
> Jerry
> 
> Bob DG wrote:
> 
> > Sounds like you need a new battery.
> >
> >> From: Jerry Scott <jerryscott at earthlink.net>
> >> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >> Subject: [s-cars] cold weather starting
> >> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:59:41 -0700
> >>
> >> Here's another cold weather problem.  I'm having starting problems
> at 
> >> high altitude, (8500 ft.) and 0 deg. F., after sitting over night.
>  
> >> I've tried checking the resistance on the sensor on the back of
> the 
> >> engine, but that seems ok.  I haven't tried pulling VAG codes, but
> 
> >> will do that next.  I was told by Fred Munro that the engine has a
> 
> >> cold starting procedure that allows the injectors to spray longer
> at 
> >> lower temperatures, but I don't know how to check that it is going
> 
> >> into the cold starting mode.  Has anyone else seen this problem?
> >>
> >> It will eventually start when I jump the battery to a car that has
> 
> >> the engine running, but can't get it to fire otherwise.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >> 93 S4
> >>
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