VW Passat 1991 won't start

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Will the starter motor continue to spin (disengaged from the flywheel) with the engine not turning over if you hold the key in start position? Or do you get two slow cranks and everything stops. Either way, if your battery & connections are good, it sounds like the starter is bad.

I had the exact same problem...I started it in the morning to idle, then came out and turned it off for osme reason, then when I tried cranking it over, the same thing happened...all I did waas try, wait a minute, try, wait a minute...did this about 8 times and she finally turned over...dunno why it does it, but it hasn't done it since...it was also really cold when I was trying it...gotta be something in the starter...