RE: Smoking Dashes: Problem solved

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

If you are talking about the radiator fan wiring I when through that this
winter. My wife was driving a load full of kids to the movies during a rain
storm when the wipers slowed down and stopped. The fuse panel apparently
gave up at that point and the wiring quit melting. The dash lights and the
wipers appeared to be the only thing not working and they were very close to
the movie theater so the drove over to the theater. I latter came over and
traded cars with her and limped the 4k home.
What caused it all was the little fan belt that goes from the left side
electric radiator fan to the right side fan. The belt came off and got
tangled in the right side electric fan, stalling the fan and causing the
wiring melt down. I had more time than money and an extra car so I spend 4
or 5 evenings repairing the wiring rather than buying a harness. Dads in
Rancho Cordova (one of the few dismantlers that know what an Audi is) wanted
$100 for the harness, probable a fair price but more than I wanted to pay. I
got an Audi fuse panel and a 2 speed VW radiator fan from U-Pull It to
complete the repairs. I did wire in fuses for both fan speeds.
Jim Dupree

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Tony Lum [mailto:tlum@flash.net]
		Sent:	Friday, April 23, 1999 12:14 PM
		To:	quattro@audifans.com
		Subject:	Smoking Dashes: Problem solved

		Hi gang,

		The smoking dash on my 4kq was caused by the fan wiring
shorting together.
		The only circuit that's not fused :(  The relay contacts
fused together and
		melted my entire left side harness taking out the
headlights, turn signals,
		A/C, the fuse panel itself and fan.  The good news was that
I was able to
		locate a '86 4000S in the local P-N-P yard and was able to
get the fuse
		panel from it.  I hacked off the burnt harness underneath
the coolant
		overflow tank and pulled what was left from inside the car.
Turns out,
		this involves only the yellow and green connectors in
locations D and E.
		I'll probably go back and see if I can pull the left side
harness intact
		off that car.  Got the car started and moved out of the way
on the monthly
		street sweeping (saved me a $40 ticket here :)

		Lesson of the Day:  Put a fuse or fusible link into your fan
circuit before
		your wire harness goes up in smoke for whatever reason.  On
the 4000s you
		just need to move 1 wire and add a 30A fuse.  Procedure was
already written
		up by Luis Marques and I just hadn't got around to it.  Now
its at the top
		of the work schedule!

		Regards,

		-Tony

		Tony Lum
		Fremont, California
		tlum@ascor-inc.com