Re: Battery Light

[John Lagnese <jlagnese@cybertours.com>]

I'd be cautious about that. When my 84 GTI was doing that I was also getting voltage
spikes up to 17+ volts. I changed the alternator, but it was probably the regulator.
John

Patrick Bureau wrote:

> Mine does the same,(comes off at ~ 1250 RPM) for years now, without any ill
> effect recorded, I talked to my expert scirocco vw mechanic (been repairing
> rabbits/golf and scirocco for 21 years now) and he says its normal, as long
> has when car idles, you press on gas and it goes away and remains away, if
> there is a problem, with belt or alternator the light will remain on even if
> you rev it at redline levels.
>
> Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On
> Behalf Of Captnbr@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:10 PM
> To: zanotti@wmis.net; Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Battery Light
>
> In a message dated 11/4/01 5:37:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> zanotti@wmis.net writes:
>
> only going out after I've revved the engine past 3k.
> Then it goes off and stays off.
>
> Mine has done this for the 5 years ive had my car except it goes off at 2k.
> I think this is when the alt. actually turns on,  it seems the alt doesnt
> turn on right away.
>
> Brian 86 16v
> 98 Jetta GLX Vr6
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/captnbr/myhomepage/auto.html
>
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