Re: dead battery update

["Wayne Cressman" <WCressman@csi.com>]

Jonas,

Did you have your old battery tested to see if it held a charge after it
recharged?  If it didn't, then your previous battery was old and worn out
and needed replacing.  If your old battery was fine, then you either have a
short in the system or a failing alternator.

Now the next question is whether the dip in torque between 3-3.5k is a new
unrelated problem or connected.  To be honest, lots of problems could cause
this.  You'd be better off taking it to a trained, trustworthy mechanic who
could connect your engine to his diagnostics and work out what's going
wrong.  Failing that, you could check your spark plugs, fuel injectors,
distributor, fueling system etc.   A good place to start out is to work out
what's new and what's old in your engine bay, i.e. what's likely to crap out
soon.

The seat belt light sounds like a faulty sensor.  You could always remove
the bulb if it worries you.

Wayne C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>
To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:39 PM
Subject: dead battery update


>Well, I got a new battery and all is fine.
>Nothing interesting I suppose, but this is my first car, and hence my
>first experience with a dead battery. Here's a couple of things I
>noticed:
>
>1. The seat-belt light (above the brake warning light by the headlight
>switch) turned on for 5 seconds and then off for 15 seconds continuously
>on the way home. Is it meant to do this? Built in dead-battery warning
>system?
>
>2. I noticed a dip in torque between 3-3.5K rpm. This started the day
>before the battery died. Like I'd pull off and when I got to 3k it
>hardly pulled at all until I got past 3500 rpm. Is this because there
>was too much current flowing straight through the battery, and thus
>partially "shorting out" the alternator?  like shorting out an electric
>motor to brake it. makes sense to me. :)
>
>hth
>
>Jonas
>85 Scirocco
>
>
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