A3 Hard Morning Starting, Rough Idle

Late 1995 Jetta GLS, 2.0 liter, manual tranny, 110kmiles. Engine check
light NOT on, haven't seen it even flicker. Come to think of it, think
I'll watch it on startup this morning and make sure it's still working


Takes several seconds for the engine to catch in the morning. In the
afternoon, it's fine. Things I've done recently (more maintenance than
anything)

- cap & rotor
- air filter
- fuel line rubber hoses

Gave the intake hose a QUICK look when changing the front fuel line hose
and didn't see anything bad, but I didn't look at it closely...

Soon to be done:

- spark plugs
- fuel filter
- 'in tank' fuel injector cleaner (Chevron, Red Line, etc)

Also idles a bit rough, but I'm thinking that could be motor mounts
being old.

Other ideas?

Mark
'95 Jetta GLS

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:29:25 -0500, Mark Randol <mrandolmunged.DeleteThis@austin.rr.com> wrote:

>Late 1995 Jetta GLS, 2.0 liter, manual tranny, 110kmiles. Engine check
>light NOT on, haven't seen it even flicker. Come to think of it, think
>I'll watch it on startup this morning and make sure it's still working
>
>
>Takes several seconds for the engine to catch in the morning. In the
>afternoon, it's fine. Things I've done recently (more maintenance than
>anything)
>
>- cap & rotor
>- air filter
>- fuel line rubber hoses
>
>Gave the intake hose a QUICK look when changing the front fuel line hose
>and didn't see anything bad, but I didn't look at it closely...
>
>Soon to be done:
>
>- spark plugs
>- fuel filter
>- 'in tank' fuel injector cleaner (Chevron, Red Line, etc)
>
>Also idles a bit rough, but I'm thinking that could be motor mounts
>being old.
>
>Other ideas?
>
>Mark
>'95 Jetta GLS
Old spark plug wires can cause hard starts and rough idles.