poss short on battery?? - trying to find diagnostic plug? stuck...

[robz]

hey all,
i have looked through search all this am but cant seem to match anything to mine..
basically got in the motor this am and the ussuall lights come on, pump primed, started it and i heard alot of cafufal behind the dash and the clocks reset and the starter was clicking.
thought hmm, you will go you b!tch... went again, primed and click click click...
now if this wasnt bad enough, my drivers window wound itself down when trying to start it... which was vaguely amusing:)
any ideas on this...
it has been eating coil packs recently and doing the ussual idle problem with success in finding the culprit...
is it worth putting vagcom on..
may try and jump it later see what happens...
or is this dirty electric badness??
cheers

[spunkymonkey]

Check your earth straps under the bonnet first and go from there.

[robz]

ok cheers mate. will do that
i just hope it hasn't caused any damage!
will let ya know how i get on!

[robz]

hey, ok.
i decided that bumping the bugger would be  good idea, as i was sure that the battery was flat as a fart...
i did this, started and ran fine apart from sad idle issue...
ran it for a while and took it fo a short run to charge the battery...
turned it off... did a hot start and started fine (without any electric window dancing, lol)
so trying to hook the vagcom up and i cant find my port...
any ideas on a 2e '93 8v???
sorry to ask this but i cant find it anywhere...
had a good sarch scan and couldnt pick it up withthe key words i was puuting in anyway...
any help greafully appreciated as im out with the car now
cheers all!!

[Wayne]

Is it not above the ashtray.

[robz]

i couldnt see it...
sorry, i did find a prev search post after posting...
my internet is really sh!t (tmobile mobile internet = wank)
so took onger than usuall to search them!!
cheers!
will have a look tomorrow when my back isnt hurting quite so much, lol
thanks for the help though!!
im just wondering whether the battery is knackered cos it seems to be ok now?
bloody strange car, lol!

[robz]

ok. with the car now!
i've got all the ash tray and dials out and on sign of this plug?
any ideas anyone?
really need to get it on vagcom today!
cheers

[doely85]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=118717.0

read through this mate, i eventually found mine all the way over by the ignition f*ck no's why it was over there.

[robz]

ok cheers mate.
seem to remember that thread!
im on me phone. so can't follow that thread or search.
could ya tell of what colour the wires are?
cheers

[Rmachines]

Pre 95 cars have a 2x2 connector behind the blanking plugs near the rear window de-mister switch, later OBDII have it next to the ash tray.

It sounds like an earth thing though,  I would clean up the leads on the starter, they they corrode they will cause it to do that,  seems to happen quite a lot to me,  take any earth leads off and use sand paper to clean them, then add a bit of copper grease,  always does the trick