# battery light **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739 "2009-07-28T11:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/1 "2009-07-28T11:02:12Z")
ok so for about a month now my Neighbors battery light comes on, flickers, turns off, turns on, flickers off. it all started after he washed the engine bay with the pressure washer they use at the DIY car washes. the only problem was the light would come on but it was always chareged and it ALWAYS started. so today he hops in, drove down the street, battery light on and his interior lights were more dim then usual, so he pulls up to the light and he notices his headlights were VERY dim. seconds later his airbag light turns on and radio shuts off… the alternator was replaced with-in the past year. what could it be? the votltage regulator or did he kill the new alternator? car is a 2001 TDI Golf. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/2 "2009-07-28T11:03:14Z")
Killed the new alternator ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/3 "2009-07-28T11:03:59Z")
> [@FS: Home Entertainment Center](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-home-entertainment-center/20887/9): > > Killed the new alternator This. Ask me how I know. :facepalm ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/4 "2009-07-28T11:04:51Z")
he’s gonna be upset. its 270 for a new unit. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/5 "2009-07-28T11:06:34Z")
> [@Happy Birthday Stairs!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-stairs/20897/60): > > he’s gonna be upset. its 270 for a new unit. this the same neighbor with that new rs i saw? ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/6 "2009-07-28T11:18:44Z")
nope, this is rizzo. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/7 "2009-07-28T11:23:09Z")
oh okay ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/8 "2009-07-28T11:37:37Z")
check under the batt in the wiring they are good for acid eatin some of it ,and wreckin the connection i have seen it a few times ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/9 "2009-07-28T12:57:03Z")
hav\>\ **Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/10 "2009-07-28T13:02:47Z") Who the fuck pressure washes their engine bay? :rofl ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/11 "2009-07-28T13:05:02Z")
it wasn’t much pressure, but rizzo did. my neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/12 "2009-07-28T13:12:52Z")
VWs dont run when there is moisture nearby. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/13 "2009-07-28T13:14:38Z")
> [@The Baby Bird. Vid. LOLOL](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-baby-bird-vid-lolol/20970/9): > > VWs dont run when there is moisture nearby. yea i’ve found out on multiple times:Idiots ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/14 "2009-07-28T13:18:25Z")
Where-ever he got it, it will most likely be warrantied for at least a year, most likely lifetime. Tell him to bring it back. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/15 "2009-07-28T13:29:49Z")
> [@The Baby Bird. Vid. LOLOL](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-baby-bird-vid-lolol/20970/3): > > Who the fuck pressure washes their engine bay? :rofl i have on like 10 of my cars ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/16 "2009-07-28T13:31:20Z")
> [@FS: 1981 z28 camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1981-z28-camaro/15921/17): > > i have on like 10 of my cars Damn, I’d be afraid to rip a wire or something. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/17 "2009-07-28T13:34:50Z")
> [@The top 10 unintentionally worst company URL's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-top-10-unintentionally-worst-company-urls/20950/20): > > Damn, I’d be afraid to rip a wire or something. yeh i never point it directly at something electrical and blast it. Its mostly for like the engine block, strut towers, and fire wall to look all pretty ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/18 "2009-07-28T13:43:24Z")
the proper way to wash an engine bay would be to spray degreaser all over everything and just use a normal garden hose to rinse it off, stay way from ignition and electrical stuff as much as possible. turn this ![http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9315/dsc0091jc4.jpg](http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9315/dsc0091jc4.jpg) into this ![http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3462/pics026yb1.jpg](http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3462/pics026yb1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/19 "2009-07-28T14:42:20Z")
Wow degreaser relocates the battery and gets rid on the washer fluid resivior, where can I get that degreaser? ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739/20 "2009-07-28T14:44:07Z")
> [@The top 10 unintentionally worst company URL's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-top-10-unintentionally-worst-company-urls/20950/20): > > Damn, I’d be afraid to rip a wire or something. Yeah well if you’re not retarded about it, it shouldn’t hurt anything. OP, your neighbor got a 2000 TDI Golf? You guys must have similar problems then :rofl [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-light/245739.md?page=2)