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

[Ed Kellock]

The alt in my '91 Avant died one slushy day in Iowa years ago.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: <robert_a_dupree at bankone.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] Drove Through Snow, now alt=kaput? Belt is still on!


> 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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