[Vwdiesel] 2001 Golf TDi juice drain

[Pablo Moretti]

Rolf, you could try with one of these:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8506

It´s not expensive and it works, very useful if you don´t drive daily.

Pablo.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:12 AM, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> Yeah, key word battery.  Check the voltage by sticking the probe on the
> post, not the clamp.
> Other than what Tony mentioned, check for draw with the car off, all stuff
> off, key out of ignition.  Pull the cable, adn put your current meter in
> series between the cable and post.  If it's more than a few mA, it's a
> problem, start by pulling the cable off the alternator, if not that, pull
> the fuses one at a time to see which circuit shuts the draw off.
> -james
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Tony and Lillie
> Sent: January-18-11 6:13 PM
> To: mikitka; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 2001 Golf TDi juice drain
>
> Yes, check the voltage at the battery. Just fixed a car with a "bad"
> alternator diagnosed at another shop. Turned out to be the connection from
> the cable to the battery clamp, I believe a 10mm wrench was the size.
> Cleaned it with a wire brush, and worked like now. Before cleaning, I got
> 14.5V at the cable, 12.8 at teh battery. After, 14.2 with everything turned
> on at idle.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 2001 Golf TDi juice drain
>
> > I would go back over all your grounds and then check to see how well your
> > Alternator is charging, put a multi meter on the battery and see how many
> > volts it is getting to the battery.
>
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