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[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Check battery and cables, both hot and ground... Run an auxillery ground 
from the battery's neg terminal to the alternator body, does not need to be 
very heavy gauge... 10 will do.

Check that the bolts on the starter are tight.

A good test is to measure the voltage at the alternator terminal and at the 
battery when the car is running... if there is a big difference, i.e. 14 V 
at the alternator and 12.5 at the battery then you have a cable problem. If 
both are low you may have a regulator or alternator problem.

-Raffi


At 11:40 AM 1/17/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Well good morning and welcome!
>Sounds like either the battery is shot or you have a bad ground. Check 
>that the battery to chassis, motor to chassis grounds are good and not 
>corroded. Others from the list will chime in for sure!
>Good lucck and welcome
>
>
>Julie Macfarlane
>Menlo Park Research & Development
>Internet Application Developer
>Amsterdam NY
>
>
>
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>
>>From: Ian Shaw <ian.shaw@martin.dk>
>>To: "'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: (no subject)
>>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:09:39 +0100
>>
>>Hey all
>>
>>I am new to this so please bear with me
>>
>>I have just got a 1987 d reg scala and i love, the only problems i have are
>>these.
>>
>>1, It is i bit hard to start as in it feels like the battery does not have
>>enough charge to start but it does
>>2, when i am driving after a few minutes of driving the car hesitates on
>>acceleration and splutters, it sounds like the exhaust manifold is blowing
>>when it does, then the car on occasion will die, if i leave it for a bit i
>>restarts fine, but this morning it just died completly and i had to be jump
>>started.
>>
>>Can anyone help a first time proud to be a scirocco owner
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>Ian
>>
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