[s-cars] Re: current drain

[Chad Clark]

Derek,

  Most likely the problem resides in the vacuum motor underneath the rear
seat located next to the battery. This was a common problem amongst '92 100
and S4 models and may have affected some '93 models. I had this exact same
issue which drove me nuts until I just happened to read a letter in the
member correspondence section of an old Quattro Quarterly(hey, I guess it
was good for something) Found a used vacuum servo motor from a '94 100 in a
bone yard and my electrical gremlins then vanished. Strange problem indeed
and I'm almost positive that this is your friends current drain. HTH,

Chad


on 6/5/02 12:35 PM, Derek Pulvino at dbpulvino at hotmail.com wrote:

> A friend of mine is having a problem with current drain in his car, a 92+
> 100 (don't remember exact year).  In so far as tracking it down goes, he's
> noticed that pulling out a relay associated with the power window system
> keeps the battery from dying.  He remarked that pulling this relay
> definetely kills the power window system; replacing the relay with a new one
> had no effect.
>
> Now the car is in a local shop (Autohaus Vic in Bellevue, WA), and the shop
> is saying the problem is in the power lock system.  Does this make sense to
> anybody who knows this generation of car fairly well?  As an aside, my amigo
> noted that with the relay pulled and the windows disarmed, the power locks
> still worked.  From that, makes me think the two systems are not connected.
> Any input on this, and has anybody seen a general electrical system problem
> with these cars leading to a current drain situation?
>
> Also, anybody have any experience or comments on the aforementioned shop?
>
> Thanks for any info you might have,
>
> Derek P
>
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