[Vwdiesel] Check engine light. Spoke too soon

[Tad]

What about the battery ground?  That might make the system voltage go wacky
intermittently...

As I understand it there's a multiple-ground point under the battery tray,
where they are subject to corrosion.

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

> Well, I spoke too soon.  Driving home from practice the next night, the
> ABS light, the CEL, and a loud beeping all activated.  I had my VAG-COM
> with me (never leave home without it) and pulled:  00668 Supply voltage
> terminal 30  16-10 signal outside of specification intermittent.  At the
> same time, the dash blipped to black and the trip odometer and the clock
> reset to zero (1200).  I have gotten as far as determining that that's a
> loss of main power to the works.  Hasn't happened since, but still not
> the most comforting.  This is my long-distance car.  I did check the
> battery cables which have a habit of loosening up on me.  They were
> still tight.
>
> I'm assuming it's unrelated, but another oddity.  Tonight, after warming
> up, I was still worried about the above and stopped and re-started the
> car a few times in quick succession.  Each time, right after starting
> for a second there was an odd whirring/ratcheting sound.  The timing was
> just like if your Bendix disengages too slowly, but it wasn't the same
> volume or quite the same gear-eating tone I'm used to on other cars.  It
> was like something else was taking a second to catch up.  Wish I had
> someone else in the house to crank the car while I listened so I could
> figure out that and that odd whine coming from the pulley end.
> Throttle-by-wire means you can't just pull on the accelerator cable
> under the hood to bump the RPMs.
>
> All this is right after a timing belt change.  I hate that because
> you're paranoid that something's out of place and you hear every pop and
> squeak.
>
> I presume that these are both issues that I'm going to have to dig
> through the diagrams and yell at Bentley until I get the manual CD to
> work, but if anyone has any ideas, that'd be terribly helpful.
>
>
> -Shalyn
>
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