Re: Electrical problem!

[nwlove <dloves@myhome.net>]

If it isn't your battery check your charging system.
It could be the alternator and maybe as simple as your voltage regulator.
On my '84 4KQ the regulator caused a nightmare of symptoms (I was ready to shoot
the car) from buzzers sounding to oil pressure lights coming on.

Tom
'84 4KQ
'85 4Kq
'90 Q 20V

Nat Tilden wrote:

> I just got an Audi 4000CS Quattro '86 and the other day it broke down. I
> don't know much about cars but I want to learn and I would like to fix it
> myself.  If anyone can help me out with information as to what might be
> wrong I'd really appreciate it.  Here's what happened:
>
> I was driving and all of a sudden the radio turned off.  The dash lights no
> longer worked either.  I pulled into a parking lot and my passenger got out
> to see if the external lights were working, he said they barely lit up.  As
> the car was running I was pushing on the brake pedal and the car died.  I
> tried starting it but it just barely made a noise.  Each time I tried
> starting it the noise (ignition?) got weaker and weaker.  Luckily we just
> got to where we were going so we went into the store and came back out 20
> minutes later and I tried starting it again and it DID start.  We started
> driving home and the car chugged a few times and as I was pushing on the
> brake pedal again the car died.  Once again we waited for a period of time
> and the car started up and I drove it the rest of the way home without using
> the brake pedal.  Once home I noticed that the volt meter was nearly at the
> bottom.  I turned on the headlights and the car died again.  Basically any
> electical instrument (head lights, tail lights, radio, etc) will kill the
> car.  Do you know what's wrong?
>
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