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Old 07-19-2018, 07:48 AM
mabbonizio mabbonizio is offline
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Originally Posted by barry12345 View Post
That car may not be practical for you. The volkswagon diesels before the TDIs do need the block heater in really cold weather to start reliably in the morning. Although PA may not get as cold as I think it might be .

If the engine is a little tired with time will also compound the issue. Your state is not rust free either I believe. Rust did a lot of them in.
This is definitely one of my concerns. Last winter we had some pretty cold days where it got into the single digits. I was able to get my 240D started with some extra cranking even when my starter was going out. This rabbit has 230K so I'm curious as to how much life can be expected from that motor or if it's likely to have been rebuilt.
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