Monday, October 11, 2010

my battery keeps dying but alternator light came on passat 02 1.9 tdi someone said repleace battery?

Question 1
my battery keeps dying but alternator light came on passat 02 1.9 tdi someone said repleace battery?...  surely if i relace battery it could b more trouble does anyone know what the alternator light indicates

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1)   You might need a new alternator? Replace the battery first anyway they are cheap compared to alternators so it's worth a shot. Batteries do wear out eventually - Jimmy Jones

2)   Go and get both your battery and alternator output tested. That'll settle it. - champer

3)   Get both tested by a Garage. I have had a faulty alternator and a duff battery in different cars. Only a proper test will tell you which one is faulty. - Kernow Lady

4)   Check out the cheapest option first - in this case it could just be a slipping fan belt. If that's OK have the alternator output checked, then the battery. - Old Folkie

5)   The alternator light tells you that the alternator isn't charging the battery.
That's why your battery keeps going flat.
Changing the battery will only work until the new battery goes flat.

You need to have your charging system checked - it could be as simple as a worn drive belt, or you may need a new alternator. - Tufty the Squirrel

6)   First cheapest is check the alternator drive belt for slipping and all the connections on the alternator - could be a wire loose or corroded also try spraying some WD40 into the brushes on the alternator - they some times stick. If none of these help then do as others have advised and get your output checked by a trustworthy garage. If you are on a tight budget a second hand alternator from a breaker / scrapyard is the cheapest solution otherwise find somewhere that will do an exchange as this will get you a decent chunk off the price for a new alternator. - pistonhead

7)   Battery keeps dying. Is it an old battery? 5-6 year is the life of a battery so if you figure around that age then the battery is toast. Alternator light means either you alternator belt is broken, regulator (inside the alternator is screwed) or battery.
The easiest for you to check is the battery. If it is the original battery(it is like a person who is 150 y.o.)You can take it to a shop(the car -if still drivable) and ask the mechanics to do a "load test" which will tell you how much juice is left in your battery. Usually it is a free test, because they are hoping you will buy the battery from them.
If the car is basically undrivable because the battery is dead; then you have no choice than to get another battery. So make some measurements on the outside of the battery casing LxWxH and NOTE on which side the positive post(red) is located. Batteries come both ways. And your cables in the car do not reach if the battery is backwards."by about an inch"
Now you are ready to go battery shopping. You can ask at the dealership and mark that price down; then go to your economic Box store of what ones are in your town and check there. It does not need to be a VW battery, however; the greater the cranking amps the better. Just going from memory a few years back I believe it was 575Amps was the minimum.(from the dealer at $270) I noted that info, then got mine from "Costco" for $35.00 brand new no name battery(and that was with 1000Amps). [I know if I got it from the dealer, they would have to "special order" it. and it would probably cost $500 if not $600]
Cranking amps just means the "size" of the "teacup". Alternator does not care as its job is to keep it full. And when you buy a battery from a store(the store already filled it with power)
In either case it is still 12V. With higher amps, it is "easier on your starter"as there is a lot of juice available. A low battery will cause problems with the starter. Always better to have more power than you need.
A lot of shops do "free electrical checks" but of course they are hoping for later sales. - totally bored


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Question 2
Engine conversion for a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle?...  What would be a feasible engine conversion for a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle?

JUST CURIOUS as to what people are doing to these cars today.

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1)   you can fit any of the later VW air cooled beetle engines and you can even fit some of the aircooled porsche engines - Harley Drive

2)   You can fit the earlier air cooled 911 engine in it. It'll take some doing but it does fit.About 20 years ago I helped a friend drop a 1978 porsche targa engine in a 66 vw beetle he also did suspension upgrades,trans. etc. It was a really fun project and when it was complete with paint and interior it was beautiful and it was WICKED fast. It was a sleeper that at the time out performed pretty much anything it came up against. Otherwise just find a nice rebuild and drop that in,with the internet you don't have to look far.
Good Luck and have some fun with!! - rd

3)   Here are a few engine conversions that I have witnessed at various car shows -

- AUDI water cooled I-4
- Volkswagen Golf/rabbit I-4
- Subaru flat four (saw an STS engine in one)
- Chevy Corvair conversion used to be popular.
- Chevy small block V8's (requires restructuring and building a frame)
- Chevy V6's utilizing a Porsche gearbox.
- various complete Porsche engines.

I am sure there are others that have been tried too. - Glendawright

4)   My son put a 2.0 ford==pinto= engine in a 68 Ghia, radiator in front, worked out real good. - hotvw1914cc

5)   If it is carburated, stay with original system. Air care has you marked down for certain allowable emissions(stock) You can go up in engine size to say 1600cc and remain carbed. Most people I know, don't even bother with the car tinkering.(we don't have air-care). But for a 37 y.o. car many people have them parked

....hoping to get some collector interested I am guessing. for a high price.
But with 100million of them out there, they are not that "rare". - totally bored

6)   yer rd is right the early air cooled porsche engine but don't think the boot shuts properly with it in - Norman H


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Question 3
Where can I buy a VW Hippie Van?...  I am looking to buy one of the Volkswagon Buses used by Hippies in the late 1960's and early 1970's. It should still have a decent engine and not be completely trashed. It should be Legitimate to, no rip offs. Does anyone know where I can go online to look at offers? thanks.

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1)   Good luck with that. Those things were total trash. Assuming some stone hippie didn't crash it then its long rusted out. - emiller1998

2)   http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/cat.php?id=5 - Air-Cooled (o\ ! /o)

3)   A search engine is what you should be throwing this question at, and also checking the classifieds offline and online.

However, you might find asking the right question helps..

It's a Volkswagon Type 2 series van you are looking for :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2

Of which unless you find one that's pretty much been restored, then it's gonna be in as good a shape as it's been kept in and as sound as it's age and condition dictates.

No bargains with these beasts, since most now are well into collectable age, means that owners can pretty much hold out for what they feel it's worth, since they are only accumulating in value as the numbers die through old age and the rust monster.

A truely sound, factory spec or better condition - you'd be looking at a blank cheque buy there especially if the owner really wants you to work for the sale.

A redworm special (aka rust monster), well, that's gonna be laughably disproptionately expensive if the owner knows what he/she possess, or dirt cheap.

And for those examples of the extremes of scenarios, i'm just talking straight commercials not campers (professionally made or good qual conversions).

If you are prepared to throw time, money and effort into a redworm special, that's your bargain starter (how long it remains a bargain is another matter) - otherwise, join a large club who in many cases are prepared to write a blank cheque to get the Type 2 they want.

It's worse in the US, i reckon, since it was more coveted due to it's historical cultural significance with a certain decade - to the rest of the world, it's significance being that it was the progenitor of the model that defined modern commercial lightweight vans. - Christopher B

4)   The body is what you are concerned with. Engines 7 transmissions are changeable/rebuildable, Look at it that way. And probably start looking in peoples gardens because that is where they are parked if they have one. - totally bored

5)   Here's a site that has a bunch of those VW Buses listed for sale. Good luck on your search. - Ciarra


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Question 4
Advice for lowering VW Lupo?...  Own a 1.4 16V Lupo. Desperately needs lowered but i cant afford the coilovers until the start of next month when il get paid.
I know cutting the springs isn't the best thing to do but if there getting changed in about a months time can it really do that much damage?
Any suggestions on what i should do? I'd rather not wait a month of driving it standard height.
Cheers

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1)   cut them, go for it, whats the worst that could happen?

well, probably crash and not die but have a life destroying injury. whilst killing a number of children on another car.

but then again, it could be worse. Id cut them ;-)

I have heard of people getting better results by compressing some of the spring then heating it so it stays their. But it may be easier to get the tools to just cut it. - Dale

2)   smaller wheels and lower tire height. Cutting the coils will screw up the handling characteristics so much so you will be forced to park it.

The whole "lowering effort" is a passing fad.
Previously "super large tires"
previously "spoilers"

Your money feeds that industry unnecessarily. I would rather spend it on beer and a good time than a hunk of tin. - totally bored

3)   Amazing. The VAG Group spend millions developing a car suspension system, so you can read a soft porn "car" magazine, get a "great" idea, and go spend your "hard earned" money on about 90 quids worth of springs, shove them in the struts in a half-arsed attempt to make your "car" unique, and to stand out from the crowd. You will undoubtedly screw it up, as you have no ability or even any right to do things to a car of any type, even a Lupo. Just drive the damned thing, keep it standard. Due mainly to the fact that WHEN you have your first accident, your insurance company will nail you to the floor if it's modified in any way. You may well think I'm a complete and utter twunt for replying this way, but I have to mop up after wankers like you. I am a Government vehicle inspector. Licences are a luxury, not a right. The ability to drive can be removed very quickly if you fuck about like this.

THINK VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR CAR. Word. - Hairy Jim

4)   Advice . . . . Don't, as you will make it look crap, ruin the handling and need to pay more on your insurance just because you think it looks good. - who_is_jack_shit

5)   Don't. You will need to tell the insurance, with resulting hike in premiums ( and possible refusal as mod is not safe) otherwise insurance will be invalid. Cutting the springs will mean same spring rates on lowered height, so it will bottom out on road bumps and risks damaging suspension and body (Lowered springs are stiffer) It will result in deterioration in handling. With some cars, altering suspension geometry means that front/rear brake balancing is altered meaning that rear brake pressure limiters don't work as they should meaning car is severely unbalanced under heavy braking- risk of rear wheel lock up and spinning the car. Any mods on a Lupo will severely impact your ability to sell it on/trade it in.
All sounds quite cool. Save the cash and put it towards something cool in a year or two's time - Timothy L


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Question 5
hi,what does the SE mean on a volkswagon golf mk4SE?...  

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1)   Special Edition SE
Limited Edition LE
Sport Coupe SC - rd

2)   its the trim. Or basically the luxory level of the car. SE i believe is most basic. You may find a LE or something and that may have leather seats or power windows if yours doesn't. nothing different in mechanics just how luxorious it is. But the better luxory package the more the costs. - Zach

3)   Hard to know for sure, but I would guess "Sport Edition". There is no standard for what model initials mean. Any manufacturer can put what ever they want on any car. Often LX is "Luxury", FI was "Fuel Injected, 427 was the cubic inch size of the engine back in the day. But as I said, there are no standards in this regard. It's left up to the creativity of the car maker. - Derail

4)   sucker enside - totally bored


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