[Vwdiesel] Too cold(Dan Snyder)

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

  Starting, running for a few minutes or less and dying (won't restart until it sits a few minutes) is usually what happens with gelled fuel.  Just plain, won't start is usually a cold battery or symptoms of the beginnings of poor connections at the cables.  Many times batteries will die quickly but I've seen a lot that will crank slowly for several days to a few weeks before they die or even just keep going with one or two bad cells.  Cold weather really brings out the weakness in a battery that's starting to go.
     Loren



-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
To: DAN SNYDER <fancy_dancer at wideopenwest.com>; vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 10, 2014 5:44 am
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Too cold(Dan Snyder)


Should not be an issue with cold temp velocity on the oil, brand should have no 
ffect if they are rated the same.
attery should be good, both the 04's I have are still cranking STRONG with 
riginal factory batteries.  When they go, they will most likely just go, but so 
ar, even on 5 degree mornings this winter, no indication of loss in strength.

our fuel gelled up, plain and simple.

Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
4 Jetta Wagon TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
4 Golf TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running :<)
2 Diesel Westy 1.9NA 1Y -- running :<)
0 Type 1 Beetle -- Under Restoration forever:-)

On Monday, February 10, 2014 8:33 AM, DAN SNYDER <fancy_dancer at wideopenwest.com> 
rote:
 
My 2009 TDI (133,000 gentle miles) didn't start last Tuesday - minus 5 F here in 
olumbus, Ohio - so I just let it sit for 2 days and drove my old reliable 
all-wheel-drive) Previa. By Thursday, it had warmed up to 5 above, and the TDI 
ranked slowly but started OK. The dealership has changed from Castrol to Quaker 
tate 507.00 oil. Both are 5W30; could a change in brand bring along with it a 
hange in cold viscosity? Maybe my 5 year old battery isn't up for this Ohio 
inter. 
When I get ready to retire the Previa, I'll have to look into a heating system 
or the coolant, and maybe the oil... 
Dan 
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