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Date:         Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:39:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Scarlet Semko <damosem@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scarlet Semko <damosem@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Interesting experience with my '84 Wolfburg
Comments: To: Rennie Sawade <rennie@WRENWARE.COM>
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MMMMmmmmm, wrong battery? Makes sense to me

Ron Semko Orlando Florida

Rennie Sawade wrote:

> I've owned this van for less than a year (first VW I have ever owned). > > A few weeks ago, I started to have trouble with my van as I drove down a > road. I would get power surges. Later it got worse, where the engine would > momentarily loose all power. Then one day, the van just quit, it wouldn't > start, and it wouldn't even turn over (there was no electrical power). As I > sat in the van wondering what the heck was going on, I suddenly noticed this > smoke rising from under the front passenger seat. Quickly, I slid the seat > forward and opened the battery compartment (the lid was quite warm). I > discovered that the battery terminals had worn the paint off from the metal > lid that covered the battery and caused a nasty short. Apparently, the > paint was the only thing insulating the battery from the metal cover. > > This looks awfully strange to me. I can't believe that VW designed it this > way. Could it be that this van has the wrong battery installed? > > ras


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