A friend of mine is having problems with her 1998 Jetta GL (Automatic transmission). Over the past few weeks it has gotten progressively more difficult to start this car in the morning. The starter will crank at normal speed, so no lack of battery power, but it takes a lot of cranking and several attempts before the engine starts.
Once the engine is running it runs just fine, no hesitation, no loss of power etc.
Restarting the engine a couple of hours after it was turned off is no problem at all.
Any insight into what this could be? I suspected a leaky injector, and suggested that she try starting the car at half throttle tomorrow morning to see if this helps.
Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.