One of you will know what this is...

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

This might sound stupid but is it possible that you acitvated the rear
wiper?  if so it will reset to off when you turn the car off.  If that
is it then it should be gone the next time you run the car.

Don


On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 05:58:55 -0800, Larry Fry <rocco16@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Driving to work yesterday morning, I notice a 'tick-tock' coming from the
> dash.
> I time it to see if it's random or consistent...yep, every five seconds;
> tick-tock.
> As the miles go by and my concerns mount, I realize that, in conjunction
> with the tick-tock, there is a soft buzzing from the rear of the car.
>  Every time it ticks, the buzz commences... with the 'tock', the buzzing
> ceases.
> 
> Logic tells me that the tick-tock is the fuel pump relay and the buzz is one
> of the fuel pumps (the one in the tank?), but why is it doing this?
> The car ran fine....and the trip home from work was without this phenomena!
> I need your opinions.  Is a sudden and complete shut-down immenent?  Or
> should I happily ignore it until it becomes constant?  I need to fix
> whatever is wrong...so, WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS?
> Thanks.
> Larry
> sandiego16v
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
> 


-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)