[s-cars] Current draw/dead battery

[Mark Strangways]

Right now it's just unplugged, I have not had the time / weather to look 
into the cause.
Likely a bad thermoswitch or ground,or something along them lines.
I am happy at the moment with being able to start the car with out having to 
connect the battery :-)

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Furdyn" <audijim at comcast.net>
To: "'Mark Strangways'" <StrangConst at rogers.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:49 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Current draw/dead battery


> Mark,
>
> Did you replace the relay for the after run pump? Was that the root cause?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Strangways [mailto:StrangConst at rogers.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 2:53 PM
> To: Jim Furdyn; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Current draw/dead battery
>
> Love my Nak too Jim, great head unit.
> I was in the very same predicament as you, I would lose power after 1 or 2
> days.
> Did the same thing as you, ammeter across the battery...
> I removed all stuff ( that I thought) that was tied to the battery bus on
> the car.
> Still would lose power, but it was intermittent.
> I finally heard the culprit... while under the hood none the less.
> Once I unplugged the running, ( and the car had not been for a few days)
> coolant after run pump all my troubles went away. I can now abandon the 
> car
> for weeks on end and not fear a dead battery. I can fear other things as 
> the
>
> wrath of the Audi gods hammers on me for leaving car by itself for so 
> long.
>
> Anyways, unplug that puppy... at least you will have it eliminated.
>
> To all, have a very merry, and safe, Holiday Season (or Christmas for the
> Christians here). I hope you all get all the tools and toys on your lists
> :-)
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Furdyn" <audijim at comcast.net>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Current draw/dead battery
>
>
>> On today's episode of "What did Jim do to his S-pig today?" we'll discuss
>> what the "removing pin 8 from the central lock/interior light control
>> procedure yielded towards the ghost current draw/dead battery problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> As stated, the above procedure was a simple one and was (and still could
>> be)
>> a possible avenue to go down as far as eliminating possible culprits. 
>> This
>> morning, I saw that the meter was indicating a hair more than 12.0 vdc, 
>> so
>
>> I
>> knew the car would not start. I tried and the voltage dropped to below
>> 10.0
>> vdc and tried to turn the flywheel for a second and then gave up on that
>> and
>> started clicking. So it has been concluded that the above procedure did
>> not
>> yield a remedy to the problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> I removed the Kenwood 10 disc CD changer from the trunk a few months 
>> back,
>> because I never use it and I currently run a single CD, Nakamichi CD-400
>> head unit and use the AUX function for MP3's. Today when I removed the
>> driver side lower dash area to gain access to the relay panel behind it, 
>> I
>> noticed a control module tucked way up under the dash. I found a power
>> control module for the Kenwood DC changer?! I traced the wires and it was
>> powered up via the hot leads going to the radio factory harness. I cut 
>> the
>> wires and removed the entire unit. I then pulled the radio and made sure
>> there was nothing there out of the ordinary. So I'll let it fly like this
>> to
>> see if the current draw was eliminated.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also double checked the head unit powering up the amps, just to make
>> sure
>> that the radio was not bleeding power to a battery sucker. No joy, the
>> radio
>> works correctly so when the head unit is off, the amps are off/ when the
>> head unit is on, the amps are on.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stay tuned for the next episode titled "Did it fix it?!"
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy Holidays,
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
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