[V8] Electrical Issues, related?
Joe Griffith
jsgriffith3rd at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 15 06:54:50 EST 2006
I checked for water around the passenger side foot well and it was dry, and there were no blown fuses. While I had the carpet out I checked the grounds in the foot well area and all were good, as was the ground at the battery.
I did notice a wet carpet on the driver side under the accelerator pedal not long ago but figured it can from my shoe and never investigated further. Is there a ground somewhere around the trans tunnel that might be the culprit, and if so is it easily accessible?
I checked my Repair Manual and it lists ground points but gives very general description of location, and what does welded, in dashboard harness mean? Is this harness grounded somewhere else, say in the passenger foot well?
Thanks for the input
Joe
Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote: I'd side with Ingo, check for water around the passenger side area. Pull the
carpet out first and see if the foam on the back is wet. Also, check around
the fuse box for water. The problems sound related, but only in that region.
There really isn't any other connection. Are there any blown fuses, BTW?
Tony Hoffman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Griffith"
To: "Audi List"
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:13 PM
Subject: [V8] Electrical Issues, related?
I'm wondering if anyone out there knows if some electrical issues I'm having
with my 91 V8 may be related.
Some background, the car sat from March till about 3 weeks ago with a
badly leaking hydraulic hose and rack. During that time the battery drained
to nothing. I jumped it occasionally when I need top move the car around my
driveway, but it never held a charge for very long, and the dash lights
would slightly pulsate brighter, dim while the car ran.
So while I fixed the leaks I put the battery on a slow 2amp trickle charge
for about 10 hours.
The car started and ran fine without leaks but the dash lights continued
very slightly to pulsate (barely noticeable). I drove the car that night
and the headlights also pulsated.
So I figured I'd order voltage regulator and put it in when it gets here.
I drove the car about an hour to work the other morning with the lights on
and the radio playing without incident, but when I got in to come home the
radio wouldn't work. The faceplate would light up with the dash lights, but
when I turned the knob it would go black.
I put a Gamma radio from a 91 200, but it doesn't even light up.
I drove the car the next day and nothing had changed, but the third day
the turn signals stopped working.
Any thoughts on if these cars have a way of isolating unnecessary
electrical devices?
Thanks for you time
Joe
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