RE: Re: dead battery update

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. 

Both of the conditions I described went away completely after the new 
battery went in. They also never appeared before my battery went crazy. 

I don't think the seat belt light was a faulty sensor, as it would turn 
on and off repetitively. 5sec on, 15 sec off. like a reeeeaaallly slooow 
flash. 
It went away when the new battery was installed. 

The power dip was also worrying me, but the fact that it -completely- 
disappeared with the battery swap lead me to think that the dead battery 
was the cause. I could be wrong, but it's gone now, and I did nothing 
else.

To answer your question, No I did not have it tested for charge, but I 
had my reasons. 1. The old battery was the wrong size 2. The car started 
like usual with a jump, and once running it was mostly fine. (indicating 
a dead battery) 3. I didn't want to waste my time trying to see if a 
wrong battery that I'm 90% sure is dead will still hold charge. BTW it 
was 3 yrs old. 

Jonas
85 Scirocco



Wayne Cressman wrote:
>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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