[Es2] Small update:

[mike]

adding a few inches of wire to your fan harness helps a bit too. my fan wouldn't work & kept blowing fuses. Same black spot you spoke of. The wiring was a bit tight & pulled on the harness. I added a few inches of wire, now my lo, hi & after run all work fine. No more blown fuses. Interesting sidenote...my cruise control now works. Weird. They shouldn't be connected, but now it works. Mike



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   > From:  <livinotte at cox.net>
   > Subject: [Es2] Small update:
   > Sent: 09 Oct 2004 23:32:29
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   >  Hi guys
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   >  Figured I send an email updating my "es2" progress.
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   >  The fuel line is currently fixed.ÊÊHowever there is a 5/16 compression fitting on it.ÊÊNot exactly my cup of tea but I need to run the motor long enough to settle all the issuses.
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   >  Issuses:
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   >  The vavle cover is leaking a tad bit of oil into the spark plug hole. Easy fix.
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   >  Fan speed hi 1 is fried.ÊÊThe yellow ten terminal plug in has a nice roasted black spot on it.ÊÊThis actually was easy to fix because I have the vag tools for pulling wires and I had another yellow matching plug in.ÊÊI'll have to take pictures of it.ÊÊBlows goats as I use to say back in highschool.
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   >  I was getting white smoke from the downpipe area but I labeled it as coolant "steam" from the block when I removed the coolant from the back of the block. Got me nervous to say the least.
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   >  I did have a water leak from the coolant pump but I replaced the coolant pump. So there is no more leaks.
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   >  I got a funky smell coming out of the dash heater vents and if it's a bad heater core I am going to be mightly pissed because I have had that dash out way too many times. If it is the heater core and I have a funny feeling it is I am going to wait a couple months before I tackle that issuse.ÊÊEnough to make decisions on what I want to do about some other issuses.
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   >  I understand now why the tcp pumps coolant backwards. It didnt' click in my brain till a couple hours ago.ÊÊIt pumps it backwards becuase the thermostat in the block would be in the way.
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   >  Most of you know I have an aby block and a aby harness.ÊÊThe swap was preity easy from an electrical stand point but I am noticing possibly a couple issuses.ÊÊThe 20v 7a motor after run thermoswitch runs on a ground signal.ÊÊThe aby after run thermoswitch runs on a positive signal.ÊÊI think this could of blown my fan setup but I am not sure.ÊÊBumming to say the least but eh what can you do.
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   >  As of right now my 7a after run relay has been converted to a 86,87,85,30 relay and I think this should solve that problem if it even is a problem.ÊÊBecause fan speed hi 1 is blown it's hard to tell if everything works right.ÊÊPreviously the wires were burned on the fan so I had to fix them and switch the hi 1 speed to the Hi II speed is as easy as switching terminals.ÊÊ
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   >  THe battery box has yet to come and I am quite pissed about the subject and I will be calling up the place tueday since monday is a holiday.ÊÊ
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   >  I ordered vagcom and next time I run the motor I will be using vagscope to help diagnose everything.
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   >  I also ordered a 2 3/8" by 2 3/4" reducer hose for the intercooler to crosspipe.ÊÊA good amount of the s2 owners inÊÊeurope seem to be doing this mod.ÊÊBasically it gets rid of the necessity for the O-ring in the intercooler.ÊÊI got it through.ÊÊwww.turbohoses.com
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   >  I need to make some decisions now and then get the motor running again.
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   >  Seems like every obstacle conquered reveals another problem but what can you do.ÊÊIt's going to make it on the road.
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   >  I have to admit thought sometimes I feel like a fool.ÊÊ
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   >  Quick story: I was checking the radiator thermoswitch and jumping 1 and 3 worked and put the hi II speed fan on. I attempted to jump 2 and three(ground and lowspeed) and nothing happed.ÊÊ This becomes a two day affair. Realizing that the wire was fried I mentioned before and the fan Hi 1 is fried but after figuring out all of that and fixing everything it still did not work. What the f... So I am going nuts trying to figure it out.ÊÊThe damn wires were twisted inside the rubber protective cover.ÊÊSo when I looked at it 1 was 3 and 3 was 1.ÊÊJumping them was fine but when I went to jump 2 and 3 I got nothing because it was infact 1.ÊÊSO I never made a ground connection and the fan motor would not run.ÊÊI didn't think to look inside the rubber cover because visually when I looked at it looked normal.ÊÊI am learning to look closer at things everyday.ÊÊThis is the first audi I have owned and I am not 100% familar with everything yet but I am getting quite confident with working o
   >  n these cars.
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   >  However there are those moments that just kick you right in the balls sometimes.
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   >  Cheers
   >  JoshÊÊ
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   >  Lately it's been a little crazy with figuring out some stupid wiring issuses.
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