[s-cars] Headlight Washer Wiring - Fixed!

[Dave Forgie]

Calvin: Sorry.  I assumed that you had a Bentley of some form with a wiring
diagram to guide you.  I think with electrical problems, we need to start the
diagnostics at the simplest things, e.g. fuses or switches, and make sure they
are working before we start the more onerous tracking of faults and/or costly
replacement of parts in hopes of finding the solution.  I am saying this out
loud so I hear this (too).

Dave F.

calvinlc at earthlink.net wrote:

> Dave,
>
> If I would have had documentation telling me which fuse was in the circuit
> when I started this mess that's where I would have started :)  Or if by some
> odd chance Audi would actually put all the functions a fuse does on thir
> list.  In the absence of documentation until my good friends here on the
> list came to the rescue I started at the problem and worked backwards.
>
> --Calvin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Dave Forgie
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:15 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Headlight Washer Wiring - Fixed!
>
> Calvin:  You just discovered the first rule of electrical trouble
> shooting:  Start at the beginning and trace the current through until
> you find the problem.  This would mean first making sure that there was
> current in the circuit by checking a) voltage at the fuse and b) the
> state of the fuse.
>
> On the bright side, you did learn something, e.g. how to take apart and
> figure out how a particular relay works.  I am sure that you will get to
> use that knowledge at some point in your Audi ownership. So your time
> was probably well spent in the end.  ;>)
>
> Dave F.
>
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