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Re: weekend...help!!!/Update



In a message dated 96-05-12 18:12:13 EDT, you write:

>
>UPDATE:  This morning, started the car--battery, ABS, brake warning lights
>all on.  Voltmeter about 10-12.  No increase in voltage with revving. 
>Turned car off, checked under the hood and a belt was missing.  I don't
>know what belt this is.  Being new to the Audi, I'm sure someone can help.
>This was the belt from the engine toward a component on the right (as you
>face the windshield)--looked to me like the alternator.  (Is that where
>its located on an 89 100??)  No garages open on Sunday, so I plan on
>taking it to the dealer tomorrow.  Is it safe to drive the car 1-2 miles? 
>
>

On the right looking toward the rear of the car is the A/C compressor (next
to under the radiator).....  To the left is the alt (next to under exhaust
manifold)...   If it starts drive it.   The A/C compressor needs not be
hooked up, and would suspect, bad anyhow...  Sounds like an alternator
prollum to me...

scott