[V8] Drove Through Snow, now alt=kaput? Belt is still on!

[Kneale Brownson]

A little "bath" probably provided the last straw of contamination in the
alternator that already had been damaged by running without the belly pan.
My 200q20v (which has no such pan) had the alternator die from corrosion
inside from repeated exposure.  Don't know why Audi puts alternators way
down at the bottom of the engine like that.  The shop that rebuilt mine
showed me the old wiring--all rusted through.

At 08:54 PM 1/22/2005 -0600, robert_a_dupree at bankone.com wrote:
>So I'm in Chicago.
>We got a teeny-tiny bit of snow (14").
>Driving the V8 through the unplowed alley this AM the no-charging 
>(Alt/Batt) symbol came up and volts on the AC-head showed 12.2 and 
>dropping.
>Then all of a sudden it started working so I kept driving.
>
>More snow fell.
>
>The alley was a bit deeper *cough* when I banzai'd down it to get to my 
>garage.
>After pretty much getting stuck and working it back-unstuck I now have the 
>no-charging indicator again.
>
>I did a quick under-car check and the belt appears to still be there.
>No belly-pan on the car, I've asked QShipQ for one from his inventory.
>
>Should I pop under there an expect to see a disloged blue wire?
>Busted something else?
>Voltage reg that needs some love?
>
>Or just a bad f'ing alt?
>
>Please CC: rob at flyinghead.com so I can check from my home account on any 
>replies.
>
>THANKS!
>
>Robert A. Dupree
>      Investment Bank Technology, Chicago - MarketData & ECN Project Team
>      JPMorganChase & Co.
>         312-325-3587 desk
>
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