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Re: Updating problems...



At 03:16 PM 2/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello again!
>
>Everything goes wrong at once.  Months of trouble free motoring and now
>everything.  
>
>My coolant temp gage is shot.  It reads an overheating temp even when I put
>the key in in the morning.  Sigh, and to think I wasted a free 70 km tow on
>the damned thing because I thought the engine was overheating.  I HATE being
>mechanically illiterate.
>
>My blower fan fuse went AGAIN.  It did this a few months ago and chewed up 3
>25 amp fuses in 3 days.  Putting in a 30 amp heat activated breaker solved
>the problem for a while, but it gave out again.  :(
>
>My wipers (front and back) and rear defogger decided to stop working.  Is
>the wiper relay the very long one?  I heard some buzzing from under the
>dash, we removed that relay and the buzzing stopped.  The wipers work on
>high but not on low or intermittent, and they don't come on when the spray
>is activated.
>
>Thanks again to everyone who mentioned the fuel problem, as it was the fuel
>pump relay.  The engine seems MUCH stronger now.
>
>Sigh.  As long as the car doesn't break down with the wife in it I'm happy.
>That would probably be the end of the car for me.  :(
>
>Any help?
>
>Brandon Sommerville
>

Hi,

would your floor happen to be wet? 
my windshield gasget was leaking and cause all kinds of problems, since the
water leaked onto the fuse box. my wipers and my flashers stoped working,
(and were blowing their fuses), and the fuel pump relay burnt out. after
looking at the fuse box there was green calcium rust stuff all over the
metal stips inside, i cleaned them up and everything started working again.

by the way, has anyone changed their front windshield themselves? does it
require special tools, or just patience? mine was cracked by flying rocks on
the highway, so the insurance will pay for most of it (and i'll get a new
seal!), but i might want to remove it to get a new paint job first.


nigel.
86 Scirocco 8v

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