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• cold start stuck open.... by Vohaul on 26 Jan, 2011 18:17
• 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
  
  
• #1 by rabbitman on 26 Jan, 2011 18:53
• 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.
• #2 by Vohaul on 26 Jan, 2011 20:54
• 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.....?
  
  
• #3 by rabbitman on 26 Jan, 2011 23:26
• Quote from: Vohaul on 26 Jan, 2011 20:54

  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.