Re: All my idiot lights are on - why?

["Doug Hill" <badoug@hotmail.com>]

>From: Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>
>Reply-To: one@humanspeakers.com
>To: keldrid@gte.net, Audi Fans <quattro@audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: All my idiot lights are on - why?
>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:55:20 -0500
>
> > New to Audi's in general, but I've been told that German cars expect you 
>to
> > pay attention when they tell you something is wrong. Last night, my (new 
>to
> > me) '84 4ksq was running fine when I stopped at the store. 20 minutes 
>later
> > I got in and drove home (a half-mile) but the idiot lights never turned 
>off
> > once the motor started. From left to right, the OXS, the flashing temp, 
>the
> > battery, and below that, the brake. It all ran fine, temp was cool, 
>battery
> > was batterying, and the brake was off. (pull on the brake handle, the 
>brake
> > light gets brighter). Any idea what relay I may have kicked out of 
>place?
> > Just to be safe, I benched the car today until I can get an answer.
>
>Well, Tamara attributes her '84 doing this to its needing an
>alignment...
>
>but my first guess would have ben busted alt belt or shot regulator
>brushes.  But you say, the battery was batterying.  In these scenarios
>it would not have been, it would have been running the car on its own.
>Well, the electric parts, anyway.  IE your voltage would have been 11.5
>and dropping slowly...
>
>--
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
>
>82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250
I had the same problem when my alternator belt broke. The best way to check 
would be to take off the cover in front of the radiator the alternator 
should be in the left side of the smaller compartment . If it is the belt it 
is a very easy fix. About the battery my car ran for about for day before I 
eventually realized it was the belt.
Doug Hill
(badoug@hotmail.com)

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