Audi 200 voltage

[Geraint Lloyd]

Yes,

I think that it is,

but it's the 3rd battery (80Ah Moll)
2nd alternator
3rd voltage reg.

I'll try a Canadian Tire special later and see if that makes a difference.

Geraint

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers [mailto:bob at chips-ur-s.com] 
Sent: 30 July 2009 10:44
To: geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: Audi 200 voltage

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Have you considered the possibility that your battery may be simply toast?

Bob


At 10:32 AM 7/30/2009, you wrote:
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>Guys n Gals,
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>I’m still having stress with starting the 200 10v TQA.
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>Having played extensively with the injection system and replaced or
repaired
>the following items that were either dead or marginal:
>The igloo (from ECS Tuning), sticky carbon canister solenoid, CSV wiring,
>Michelin man hose, fuel filter, slightly lose rocker cover, wastegate hose
>(mind you it was pretty bloody fast before i fixed that), fuel pump check
>valve, cleaned the ISV, injector leak test, ran all fuel pressure tests a
>couple of times, injector cooling fan switch (vapour lock in CPR
>lines!????!), plugs, cleaned cap, tested ballast in rotor, checked codes,
>ran all output tests, vac lines.......
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>I’m sure that i missed something there though. In fact i haven’t
pressurised
>the inlet system for a while......
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>So it runs pretty well now although there may well be some fuel quality
>issues going on. I noticed that the golf (also K-Jet (pure)) is no longer
>firing within the first second of cranking for the first time in years.
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>I think that i have a combination of problems though. I think that i can
>eliminate the injection as the source of the hard starting and have now
>directed my attention to the electrical and charging system.
>This is because the battery keeps going dead. And when the battery is
>totally toast then the car starts really well on the emergency jumper
>battery, even though there is no way for it to have built up nonexistent
>fuel pressure etc.
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>I don't appear to have an out of spec drain, but the battery has been
>flattened a couple of times by junior leaving the rear interior lights on
>overnight.
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>With a freshly charged battery and the AC off, I have 13.6v at the
>alternator post.
>13.4 at the jump start post
>and 13.3 at the battery.
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>With the AC on, this drops to 12.6 at the battery and the AC head unit says
>11.6v, but then it's a GM unit so it's hard to think that the figures that
>it generates are 100% accurate ;).
>So i'm thinking that either the AC or the radiator fan is sucking the life
>out of the battery, making it progressively harder to start. It's been warm
>and humid in Montréal recently and the car spends most of its time in city
>traffic, so low engine speed and the fan running at force 12.
>
>I have 'done' the splice and replaced all of the +ve wires at the front
with
>some 10AWG and soldered connections although looking at the voltages, i
>think that i need to clean the starter post. The ground strap was cleaned
>yesterday and had a resistance of <0.01ohms, but is pretty blue so i might
>try and find a cheapo one to replace it with just for a laugh.
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>What voltage or voltage drop should i see with the AC and the cooling fan
>on?
>Do i have a problem, or is it just that the car needs more highway miles
and
>less city?
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>Any help would be appreciated!
>
>Geraint
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