87 5KCSTQ How to shorten afterrun time/battery drain

Lee Levitt lee at wheelman.com
Thu Jun 6 11:57:03 EDT 2002


Ken writes:

> Lee, you make it sound like this mod somehow disconnects disables
> something.  I didn't read where it did anything like that.
>
> Where's the trouble gonna come from?  Seems like it would only
> help, by lowering the temps while driving.  What's wrong with that?
>
> Perhaps you misunderstood one of the parts you didn't quote:
>
> "Properly used, manually initiated cooling will allow the
> afterrun system to come on only in extreme situations, when you
> really need it, rather than every time you use the car in hot weather."
>
> I take that to mean that the stock system functions as designed,
> but after this mod it will never NEED to come on at all, except
> for extreme situations

Got it. From my read of the post, I thought that the afterrun system was
disabled in favor of the manual hurrican mode. If the afterrun system
remains enabled, this certainly does sound like a good mod.

Thanks for the clarification.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant




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