Re: Lots of small annoying stuff

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Sounds like your windsheild seal has taken a shit. It would be leaking water 
on the fuse box and causing all kinds of electrical problems.

Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
'61 17 Window type II
'91 Vanagon
'78 Rabbit
'78 Rabbit (for sale)
'87 GTi 16V



>From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Lots of small annoying stuff
>Date: 28 Aug 2001 00:27:44 EDT
>
>This car is making me nuts, it is back to the "not as powerful" mode (why
>can't it stay in the powerful mode for any length of time??), and today we 
>had
>it out for a run and the side rearview fell off (repairable, no biggie, but
>annoying on the four lane roads).
>
>Then when I got it home, the headlights wouldn't turn off. After removing 
>the
>switch to turn them off, I discovered that it was heat welded the plastic
>together, in the "on" position. Is it safe to assume a new switch will 
>correct
>this or is the rest of the light wiring circuit likely toast and the real
>cause of the over heating (this is the stock set, the headlights are awful,
>and were dimmer than usual, likely not enough current since the power was 
>busy
>cooking the switch?).
>
>Also, I have one relay that gets too hot to touch, but the relay diagram in 
>my
>Bentley has way more relays than my car really has so I'm not sure which
>circuit this relay is for. It is in (I believe) the third spot from the 
>left,
>on top, the first spot where there are two relays in a column, it has one
>below it, and a blank space (top and bottom) to it's left. And what causes 
>the
>relay to heat up anyway (I know - resistance, but why? Is the relay crap?)
>
>Another question, the body shop routed the drain hose for the sunroof down
>into the rear hatch area, which I discovered after driving in the rain (wet
>back carpet) Do these tubes just run down inside the fender, the water 
>seems
>to run out there but it is not the greatest place for water to dry out from 
>(
>rust???)
>
>And why does the (inside air) fan raise the rpm at idle. I understand it is
>suppoased to do this in AC mode, but it also does it intermittantly at 
>other
>times. The electrcal gremlins are starting to show up bigtime.
>
>Thanks in advance, sorry to whine about the small stuff but just appreciate
>the expert advice.
>Cathy, 1987 2L 16V "the silver headache"
>
>
>
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