[V8] 92 Audi V8 headlight question

Mon Aug 4 08:47:13 PDT 2008

The bulb-out warning is triggered by any difference in the headlight wiring--even if you relay the OEM DOT V8 headlights you get the warning every time you switch from high to low beams.  It beeps and then shows the bulb-out icon.

  I used the Ingo/Igor jumpers to stop the warning on both V8 and 200 cars I relayed or Eurolighted (V8 DOT lights are fairly good if relayed), so I don't know about the relay tab thing.  

"Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com> wrote:
  I'm not sure what zeon was a misspelling of, but assuming he meant
Xenon, the conversion could have entailed a few different things... but
I'm getting the impression it did not involve any hard wire changes,
except perhaps relays put in-line.

The bend-the-tab-over deal refers to the conversion from US DOT to
E-code lights only, no?

-DaveC.

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Ed Kellock
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:01 AM
To: 'Kneale Brownson'; 'TAS'; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] 92 Audi V8 headlight question

But...

If the mechanic was supposed to wire it back up normally, in the stock
configuration, then he must have done something wrong if you're getting
an
autocheck error.

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:30 AM
> To: TAS; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] 92 Audi V8 headlight question
> 
> 
> From a really old Audifans posting, you can defeat the light 
> bulb warning this way:
> 
> "Remove the headlamp bulb monitor ( aka warning relay) and 
> bend pin "K" 90 
> degrees so when you reinsert it into its socket pin K no 
> longer makes any 
> contact. This prevents the ground signal from being sent to 
> the Cluster. :)
> 
> 100/200 has the monitor in the relay rack behind the drivers 
> knee pad, V8 
> has it located in the pass floorboard relay rack. It looks 
> like a big double 
> relay and each pin is clearly labeled on the bottom of the monitor."
> 
> As an alternative, you can remove the relay altogether and 
> jumper the slots with a pair of male connectors crimped onto 
> a short piece of 14 gauge wire. Here's an equally old writeup:
> 
> Here's Ingo's V8 adaptation of Igor's lamp-out warning 
> cancellation :How to get to relay for V8:
> 
> 
> 1. Remove pass side (US) insulated base carpet. Put seat all 
> they way back.
> 
> 
> 2. Remove fuse panel carpet on right side of pass footwell 
> (unscrew two knurled knobs holding carpeted panel in place.
> 
> 
> 3. Remove two screws attaching center console carpet to 
> relay box (where your passenger's feet would be) and pull 
> carpeted panel by center console downward and away from tunnel.
> 
> 
> 4. Look over diagrams on relay box. One is labeled lamp 
> warning, I believe (no. 7). The V8 has a unique way of 
> cramming all its relays through sliding trays which you will 
> see shortly. Remove two more screws (one at top of cover, 
> the other on right bottom, and remove.
> 
> 
> 5. Slide out(pull) top (in my case) shelf as indicated by 
> relay diagram, so that relay tops are facing you. The 
> "culprit is marked "281" aka 443 919 469B. Remove.
> 
> 
> 6. Take four spade connectors(blue ones if insulated at the hardware
> store)
> and six inches of 14 ga. wiring, cut to make two 3" pcs. and 
> crimp corresponding spade connectors . I removed spade 
> insulation for better crimping and then put heatshrink tubing 
> on exposed surfaces. Don't know how diagram will come out, 
> but here's how wires plugged into my relay socket (\ and / 
> indicating 3" 14 ga wires, == and II indicating spade connector
> locations):
> 
> 
> 56bL1
> ====
> \
> II 56bR II 56bL
> II II
> \
> II
> II 56bR1
> 
> 
> Very logical, but remember, always double check before 
> testing. Test and reassemble minus relay. Any additional 
> questions, check out Igor's earlier post or Al Powell's 
> response from January 1, 1997 entitled "Keeper:
> Defeating Headlight Warning."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> TAS wrote:
> I recently had my zeon (spelling?) bulbs and ballast 
> removed and re-wired to accept regular bulbs. In doing so, 
> the headlight warning light/buzzer comes on when I have the 
> low beams on. Everything still works, just need to get rid of 
> the warninglight. The mechanic that worked on it said I would 
> new some type of modul and he thought it would be expensive. 
> Any thoughts/suggestions. Thanks, TAS 
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