Date:         Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:05:33 -0700
Reply-To:     PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
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From:         PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
Subject:      More Cold Start Mystery
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Morning List,
Thanks for all the stabs at my Cold Start Mystery!
My connectors are squeaky clean at battery terminal.
The *last thing I replaced before this began was the alternator:
I installed a rebuilt Bosch.  Any possible connection there?

When I turn the key, there is a sound immediately, but it's as if
in slow motion, a sort of groan...then it starts right up.  When it
first started doing this, I figured it must be the battery getting old.
And replacing the battery did help, but only to the extent that the
amount of time it takes to start is shorter--but there is still a groan
before it starts when cold.
Warm, it always starts right up.
???
Phaedra


> Karl Wolz:
>If you have an electrical problem, the first thing to check is ALWAYS the
> last thing you replaced! <