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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Vohaul on January 26, 2011, 09:17:08 pm

Title: cold start stuck open....
Post by: Vohaul on January 26, 2011, 09:17:08 pm

Hey all,

My cold start handle doesnt go back in...when i try it just "springs" back out....and even when i hold it closed..the idle doesnt decrease......where do i look to unstick it?...(the high idle gets a bit annoying..specially as my exhaust is a bit loose and rattles against a heatshield underneath somewhere at certian rpms:))

on a related note....do you use more fuel if you leave the cold start handle "on"?          oh, 93 jetta  1.9 TD AAZ
 

Thanks

Paul

Title: Re: cold start stuck open....
Post by: rabbitman on January 26, 2011, 09:53:31 pm

Look at the other end of the cable and see what's hanging up, you can poke the lever on the IP with a screwdriver to put it back.

Title: Re: cold start stuck open....
Post by: Vohaul on January 26, 2011, 11:54:35 pm

ya, ill check that on the weekend......i think i might of bent it when i was changing out the glowplugs.........although it did it once before and it eventually became unstuck........

so does it use more fuel.....?

Title: Re: cold start stuck open....
Post by: rabbitman on January 27, 2011, 02:26:16 am

Quote from: Vohaul on January 26, 2011, 11:54:35 pm

so does it use more fuel.....?

It's idling higher so I'd say slightly, but of course that's only at idle, at driving RPM the knob has absolutely no effect on anything.