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  1. Mystery scraping sound in cold weather - help!

    2.0 Liter Gas
    Hey all! Hope everybody is well I have a 2004 New Beetle, the turquoise blue 'Music Edition'. I have a new problem this Winter that I never had before, and my local mechanic has had my car 4 times, and can't find what the problem is. I also shelled out almost $700 for him to fix what he...
  2. Start-up issues w/ cold weather

    2.0 Liter Gas
    My wife's beetle is a 2001 with 92xxx miles. It started having issues (in early 2014) with starting up during any cold weather. At first I thought it was just because the temp got under 0 at night--but previous winters were no issue. Then I considered watered down fuel freezing in the lines so...
  3. Trouble Starting - Cranks, won't run

    2.0 Liter Gas
    2001 New Beelte 2.0 It's been really cold here for the last month. We got some bad weather several days ago and my wife didn't get out. So the car sat for 2 full days without being started in 8° temperatures. Antifreeze is fine. The temps have been up to 40° since then, so things had a chance...