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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:05 am    Post subject: Hard to start after sitting for a week or so. Reply with quote

If I use the car, starts pretty much every time. When it sits, it takes several times to start it up. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:09 am    Post subject: Re: Hard to start after sitting for a week or so. Reply with quote

gas evaporates out of the carb bowl, takes time for the gas to get pumped back in. Do you pump the pedal a few times before you start it?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:17 am    Post subject: Re: Hard to start after sitting for a week or so. Reply with quote

I step on it once or twice and it will initially start and maybe die out then I will try another couple of times and it will start. Its fine month car has been started for the day. Only after the cat has sat for days or more.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:01 am    Post subject: Re: Hard to start after sitting for a week or so. Reply with quote

Already asked here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=662057
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