odd 2113 behavior, '89 200q, MC1

[james accordino]

Gee Phil, did YOU have an alarm installed with
Scotchlocks TM?  That was the first thing I did with
my 200.  Ripped all that sh*t out and threw it in the
dumper.  Exactly as you said, corrosion at all the
connectors under the hood and other problems as well.

This thing was installed by a monkeylad at best or
just some imbecile.  Not only didn't it work, it
caused alot of other faults and disabled the factory
alarm(which I think is quite good).  Wire nuts might
be a close second as far as having no place in an
automobile.

Jim Accordino

> A typical connector fault.  Also quite often a poor
> alarm
> installation - ScotchLoks have no place on a car and
> CERTAINLY no
> place on a car outside the passenger cell - they
> make contact by
> cutting through the insulation and exposing the wire
> inside to
> corrosion, and in many cases they damage the wire
> itself, reducing its
> diameter and providing a local 'fulcrum' for fatigue
> breaks to occur
> on.
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
>   http://www.isham-research.com/quattro
>   +44 7785 302 803
>   +49 173 6242039
>
>


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