200tq low voltage

[Mike LaRosa]

Well, I'm 6'-2" 225lbs....  I can drink at least 3
beers before I'm banned from picking up wrenches :)

Mike,


--- Denis <sparkplugvw at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   Mike i cant follow all the procedure...
> 
>   Because i ll be drunk before the end :-) 
> 
>   Ðenis
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Mike LaRosa 
>     To: Denis ; Kurt Deschler ; quattro at audifans.com
> 
>     Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:42 AM
>     Subject: Re: 200tq low voltage
> 
> 
>     allrighty,  go thru this procedure guys....
> 
> 
>     If it works and you come up to Southern, NH you
> owe me
>     a beer :)
> 
> 
> 
>     --- Denis <sparkplugvw at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     > My girlfriend 's  200T  does the same thing
> :-(.
>     > 
>     > When i run the car the voltage reading drop to
> 11 V
>     > then in 1/100 sec later
>     > it goes back to 12.5... then sometime 13.5....
>     > 
>     > Sometime before i stop (engine) the car the
> reading
>     > was 11V. After couple
>     > minutes i start it again and the reading is
> 13.5.
>     > !!! this morning was 14V.
>     > 
>     > Sometime i stop the engine 10 minutes. When i
> m back
>     > to the car and try to
>     > start grrrrrrrr the battery is down. Sometime
> it
>     > goes very well.
>     > 
>     > I remember my old Scirocco did exactly the
> same
>     > trouble. It was the
>     > solenoide on the starter.
>     > 
>     > So i ll check it. Probably change the starter
> at the
>     > same time.
>     > 
>     > Denis
>     > 
>     > 
>     > ----- Original Message ----- 
>     > From: "Kurt Deschler" <desch at alum.wpi.edu>
>     > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>     > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:44 PM
>     > Subject: 200tq low voltage
>     > 
>     > 
>     > >
>     > > Subject is an 89 200tq. Guage on dash
> displays
>     > 11-12V with the heater
>     > > on high and the headlights on. Appro 14V
> with all
>     > accessories off. The
>     > > (aftermarket) radio seems to have some
> alternator
>     > whine. I have
>     > > done the following already:
>     > >
>     > > Replaced alternator and tightened belt
>     > > Clean batter cable connections and grounds
> at
>     > battery, starter, and
>     > >    alternator
>     > > Cleaned fuse box relay connections.
>     > > Removed spade near jumper post on connector
> on
>     > blue stator wire
>     > > Relayed headlights (helped some)
>     > > Checked grounds on intake, valve cover, and
> above
>     > left side kick panel
>     > >
>     > > The car does not appear to have the infamous
>     > battery cable splice. Is that
>     > > 5ks only? I found no ground connection above
> the
>     > right side kick panel.
>     > > Another oddity is that the positive battery
>     > terminal seems to run fairly
>     > > hot even after cleaning its connection. I
> cannot
>     > determine where the
>     > > power feeds to the fuse box originate. Any
> other
>     > BTDTs would be helpful.
>     > >
>     > > Another problem this car has is that the
> rear
>     > defroster does not work. I
>     > > replaced the switch (which was burned
> inside) and
>     > that made the heated
>     > > mirrors work, but stil no rear defroster.
>     > >
>     > > TIA.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >   Kurt
>     > >   87 5kcstq
>     > >   89 200tq
>     > >   00 s4
>     > >
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>     Here is a little thing I wrote up a few years
>     ago for a nasty issue on a 89 100 Avant....
> 
>     Hope it helps!!!
> 
> 
>    
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> 
> 
> 
> 
>                                   "Gory Details"
> 
>                                        for
> 
>                      "Troubleshooting and Correcting
> the dreaded
>                      12.5 at the Battery - 13.7 at
> the Alternator"
>      
>     Some Potential Symptoms:
> 
>     A) Car starts and runs fine,  The dash gage
> measures a little low, but
>        there aren't any numbers on the voltage gage,
> so you don't really
>        notice it's been slowly sitting more and more
> to the left.....
> 
>     B) Every time you run the A/C for an extended
> time the car won't turn
>        over the next time you stop and try to start
> it again.......
> 
>     C) Battery dies for no apparent reason, you jump
> start it and leave all
>        electricals off, because you wan't the
> battery to charge back up...
>        you go to your friendly mechanic... and what
> does he/she do ? pops the
>        hood (Not the back seat) and measures the
> voltage at the jump start post
>        (Which is a direct connect to the alternator)
> and low and behold the
>        output is 13.7.....  they announce looks ok
> to me, maybe you need a new
>        battery ? ) $50.- to $100.- bucks (New
> Battery) and a week later, it
>        does it again!!! Doooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!
> 
> 
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