Re: Electrical problems / rant (long)

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Daun,
Take your ground cable to a car audio shop. Have them make you a 2 awg one
to replace it, using your old cable as a guide. Once corrosion eats through
the silver plating on the contacts, theres not much stopping it from going
through the copper.
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6) running - for now
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Electrical problems / rant (long)


> What am I doing wrong?  Why are the VW gods after me the
> last couple weeks?
>
> Yesterday I attempted to fix (and thought I might have
> succeeded) my 16v, which has taken on the habit of
> intermittently not starting.  Turn the key "on" and hear
> the fuel pumps buzz, turn to "start" and it will a) crank
> and crank with no hint of life, b) everything in the car
> will go dead, or c) start perfectly.  Yesterday, I replaced
> the battery (this one was a couple years old) and
> thoroughly cleaned the battery terminals.  (I've been
> getting more corrosion buildup than I'd like to see.)
>
> Today, start out on my way home from Dayton - had been on
> the road only a couple minutes and notice my oil temp gauge
> is fluctuating all over the place, and my coolant gauge is
> pegged and blinking.  Thought cycling the power might reset
> things (HA!), when the key was turned to start I got
> response b, above.  Nothing.  Dead.  Luckily I had a set of
> jumper cables with me and hooked one end to the negative
> terminal, the other to the alternator bracket.  Started the
> car.  Went on my way, but the entire time I was *under
> load* the coolant temp was pegged / blinking and oil temp
> gauge waving.  (Push in the clutch, no load - everything
> indicated normally.)
>
> Looking under the hood once I was safely home - I notice
> the negative battery terminal has a bunch of corrosion on
> it already.  WTF?  I cleaned it less than 24 hours ago!
> I'm at this point positive my problem lies in faulty
> grounding, but what is causing the corrosion buildup?  And
> where do I go from here other than adding a bunch of awful
> wires all over to various grounding points. (Somewhat
> band-aiding the problem in this instance methinks.)
>
> Add this to the fact that two days ago the Passat Wagon was
> discovered to have a leaking headgasket, AND the shift
> linkage came apart on the way home after dark....     the
> '80 is, well, undriveable for the time being (as it has
> been most of the summer), the truck is down almost to a
> shell, and the '85 - well, for the moment it's running but
> how long will that last????  AUUUUGH!!!!
>
> The heck with this crap - maybe I should sell everything
> and go buy a new Honda.
>
>
> =====
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80, '85, & '88 Sciroccos
> '82 Pickup
> '90 Passat Wagon
>
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