Click,..Cl;ick...**%%%#!!

[mark schofield]

George B. writes:


> Quattro, turned the key and got the infamous click..
> Put in a very long day, got into the ...

 I am suffering a similar problem on a 1987 200 Quattro and it is again
intermittent in nature which has be-devilled my finding a solution to date.
I've tried putting an ammeter in the circuit and pulling the fuses one at a
time but this yielded no results - yet break and reconnect the circuit and
something is drawing current. The CD player re-set draws about 1A until it
has settled when it drops to mA levels but something else somewhere is
drawing more like 6-7A although the condition only lasts a few seconds. No
idea what it is, any ideas anyone? (Car has all the toys).
It has been put to me that there exist alternator failure modes which can
cause battery drain even when the ignition is off - anyone any experience of
this?
Thanks
Mark