Glow Plugs; Starting A Cold/Warm Engine; Stopping Engine - Volkswagen Golf Instruction Manual

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time the plugs are on i s indica'ed by a
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see page 23.
Cold startina aid
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To facilitate starting from cold, thf:o is a
cold starting device in the injection p~~i-np.
This cold starting aid is operated with the
knob sho\vn be lo!^.
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Starting a cold engine
Pull cold start knob out fully, regard-
less of ambient temperature.
Turn ignition key to position 2 glow
plug lamp comes on. it goes out when
the ignition temperature is reached.
(see page 21).
0 Leave key In this position until lamp
goes out.
To avoid draining battery unnecessa-
riiy, do not switch nny other heavy
current consumers on while glow
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plugs are on.
@m i.s soon as lamp goes out, start engine.
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DO not depress accelerator pedal while
startino at temoeralures abbve 0°C. At
temperatures below O'C depress acce-
lerator pedal fully.
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30 not operato starter longer :han 30
seconds at a time. If engine does not
start, wait about 30 seconds, switch
glow plugs on again and operate star-
ter again.,,:OiFsn, sngine starts to fire,
keen starli:: opwh'ing until engine is
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5; J t k n o h in fully as soon as
engine has r?>~f.:h?d its normal :,perat-
ing temperaitirk.
Starting a warm engine
It is not necessary to switch the glow
plugs on or to pull the cold start knob,
regardless of ambient temperature.
The engine can be started straight
away.
Do not depress accelerator pedal whlle
starting.
Stopping engine
For all engines:
When vehicle has been driven hard for
a while do not switch engine off as
soon as vou stop. Let it run at a fast id-
le for about 2 minutes to cool it down
slightly.
When engine is hot, the fan may
continue to run when engine has been
switched off or it may switch on when
the engine has stopped.