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the regulator wear out at around 60-70k miles, YMMV.

Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:29 PM
Subject: RE: feel the love? charging problem.


> I'm not exactly right now... I wrestled with my IC last night to the point
> that it is still out, I have cuts on my fingers with the net result so far
> being that I have determined the battery warning bulb does work and was 
> not
> my problem, and I broke the door ajar and check engine bulb sockets while
> trying to put the fucker back in.
>
> I have had the IC out of 2 other 200's on multiple occasions and this one
> was the biggest PITA of the bunch.  It would not come loose from the top 
> of
> the dash pad.  I actually reached for crow bar at the work bench at one
> point.  Fortunately sanity prevailed and my dash is still in tact.
>
> So, I still have a charging issue and now I need to replace the bulb 
> sockets
> for those two indicator bulbs.  I am going to go hit a junkyard and maybe
> take my crowbar and take my frustrations out on someone else's discarded 
> car
> and cut the sockets out with as much wire as I can get so that when I wire
> then into my car, I can set the GD IC out on the sidewalk before I unplug
> those two bulbs from the back.
>
> This should NOT be this difficult.  My patience is wearing thin.
>
> Re: the charging problem specifically, the battery warning light does not
> come on when I turn on the key.  Could this be caused by a bad voltage
> regulator?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Winters
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:59 AM
>> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: Sudden Power Loss
>>
>>
>>
>> Limp mode feels more like rev-limiting (cutting fuel) vs.
>> only being able to get up to 1.3 or 1.4 bar like you have.  I
>> tended to notice it more under load at low RPMs, I guess it
>> is a power-cut mode. Limp mode... limp mode seems like it may
>> be a good 'valet' mode in the future.  Is there a way to
>> force it or is this a terrible idea?
>>
>> Speaking of signs and timing, I fully blamed reading all of
>> the recent ecu / boost / 'I'm Tired of This' threads on my
>> latest problem.  Based on the latest posts I can't wait for
>> my steering rack and charging system to fail soon on my
>> 'worthless' Audi...  Oh, wait, there was a 200q20v Love
>> thread, makes me feel better.
>>
>> Good luck with your boost issue, keep us posted.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: "jlagnese at massed.net" <jlagnese at massed.net>
>> To: alancordeiro at att.net; Nathan Winters <natewin at yahoo.com>;
>> 200q20v at audifans.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:33:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: Sudden Power Loss
>>
>> I just thought iut may be a sign, this thread occurring when
>> noticed the problem.
>> ---- Original message ----
>>
>> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:31:17 -0400
>> From: <alancordeiro at att.net>
>> Subject: Re: Sudden Power Loss
>> To: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>, "Nathan Winters"
>> <natewin at yahoo.com>, <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> >John,
>> >
>> >Why are you assuming your issue is also "limp home" mode?
>> perhaps its
>> >one of
>> >the more common problems like the MTFS or air leaks?
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
>> >To: "Nathan Winters" <natewin at yahoo.com>; <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> >Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:50 PM
>> >Subject: Re: Sudden Power Loss
>> >
>> >
>> >> How do you reset the ecu? I only get 1.4 boost.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >
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