The rain hurt my GTI - fixed

[T_J_G]

what a nitemare m8 glad i didnt venture up there now i had a similair prob on my mk1 the other day the main live that goes to started had come loose might be worth  a look
hope u sort it m8

Was a really good night till the rain, look at the pics in the VW related section!

Car still running off a bump! Hope it restarts later.

It's raining hard again so repaired the broken cover with gaffa tape and replaced!

Tim

[Ridg]

i only saved your instruments, i'll get that off the laptop tonight and sent it across.

IIRC the fault was something like "light timeout too long" and the heated mirrors (which at the moment aren't going to be your main concern)

not sure what the plug is.

the immobilser could stop it from starting, but i think that would flash up on the dash will immob active or something as i doubt you could bump it if the immob is active.

just thinking is it possible that the alternator got so wet it stopped working, that caused the car to run off the battery thus draining it?

running the car on idle isn't going to get that much charge into the battery, you really need to take it on a proper run, or get the battery on a charger if the battery is flat.

[T_J_G]

One time it did flash up immob. activated but doesn't now. I may take it for a run not too sure.

Picking up new tray and pollen flter tomorrow. Filter was £15 and the cover was about £5
I've got some pics to get up.

There's also pics of yours in the VW related section mate!

Tim

[T_J_G]

don't really want to take her for a spin as i'm trying to dry it out. Though the rain isn't helping.

Anyway pictures:

Right hand side of pollen filter is soaking wet



Crack in cover/tray



Where the water is ending up



hen i put my hand down there on a ledge in there was about an inch of water. I also used a hose to clean the car before I went Brands so that probably added to the problems!

Tim

[Ridg]

looks like you've found the cause of the problem, i'm guessing that once the electronics have dried out she should be fine.

i've you're running the car still, still the heaters on full as that will help dry things out.

[T_J_G]

We turned the car off........






















And it started!

Alex do the store faults from the past? Or just what's wrong at the time?

Tim

[Ridg]

the faults are stored until until they get cleared from the modules.

yours will still have the mirrors and that light one logged, last night we also checked the engine which has no faults so will be easy to spot any new ones.

[T_J_G]

Seems to start all the time now!  Maybe it's sorted.

[richw911]

Seems to start all the time now!  Maybe it's sorted.

ah hope so bud 

[T_J_G]

Took it to work tonight left it for 4 hours and no hesitation starting! and electrics all good! So I thought this was going to be an expensive problem but replacing the tray and filter tomorrow for £20 from VW, so it doesn't happen again.

Anti-hijack and alarm bleep are cool too! And now I can listen to Cd's with the new CD changer.

HAPPY DAYS ONCE MORE!