Try checking your grounds... all of them... But especially the chassis to engine on the drivers side. The ECU is doing a lot of adjusting during cold conditions, whereby when it is warm, you may not notice any problem. I have a '91 Golf that would run really rough, and stall and die on cold damp mornings, but if I just kept pumping the gas pedal, and didn't let it die, it would run smoothly in a matter of 10 minutes. It was diagnosed back to a water flooded, corroded ECU as this one sits outside, in front of the windshield, under a lame plastic protector. The fun part was that if it would stall, I would not be able to start it for 30 minutes or so... would crank, but no gas, or no spark. After sitting stalled out, in many different situations throughout town (each time for like a half hour or more) it would start up, and be a nice car again. The grounds are essential to getting the correct signals back and forth to the ECU and FI, AFM etc. Just an idea... but it has helped me, and I know many others. Have fun! RSF IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH" somewhere in the subject line of the email. Otherwise it goes directly in the trash. <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ Robert S. Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf |
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