Re: Help!! car struggling in the cold

[Alexxi Cini <alexxi@magma.ca>]

I had some arcing around the coil pack and it looked fine so you never 
know. For a quick fix , spray some WD-40 on it. WD acts as a water 
repellant and it got my car started first try.


At 05:52 PM 1/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all...
>
>   I see I am not the only one having issues with this cold weather...  My
>problem has me perplexed.  My car is running very rough( no check engine
>light), missing perhaps, and sometimes it gets better when warmed up, but
>today it never ran right.  I checked the coil pack, and all "looked" well,
>then checked plug connection,ok as well.  I am stumped  :-(  I want to try to
>fix this quick and cheep(just did clutch and lightened flywheel last week
>$$$$) because money is tight.  The car is a 95 Jetta VR6 with 82k, remus
>exhaust, 8mm plug wires, Garrett v. 9 ( 9? I think) chip, K&N panel
>filter.... and tons more, but only these effect the engine.  Could it be the
>coil pack, wires( they are only 1 1/2 yrs old), or something else.  Anybody
>who has had simlar problems, or knows what it might be, please let me know
>ASAP...
>
>   thanks everyone, respond in private please if you like
>
>jeff
>95 vento VR6 modded....