Well since you didn't mention it, it could be all your starter problems
have to do with poor ground strap at the tranny and/or quicky Chinese
replacement terminals and cooroded battery cables. Quite the contrary to
your experience, I have solved dozens of hot start VW issues with these
basic maintenance principles involved, and no aux relays at all. Many times
just these basic principles allowed REMOVAL of the jurris rigus relay and
restoration of the system to stock, ergo, proper function. And of the
hundreds of Bosch ReMan starters and alternators and distributors I have
installed, I've had 2 comebacks only, both covered by warranty.

At 06:37 PM 09/11/2002, you wrote:
>I bet that starter will more than pay for itself in a
>convoluted way, but this is a problem the rest of the automotive
>world solved about the time things went to 12 volt forty years ago.
>
>I don't get it.
>
>Dan
>