verylongdrive
Veteran Member
Help:
01 Golf sat for some time, dead battery, jump-started, drove some, let it sit running, drove some more, turned off.
Tried to start; battery dead again.
Jump-started it again, noticed odd rhythmic engine noise, and looked at the instruments:
The battery light is on. With a frequency of about 1 Hz, the RPMs briefly dip a tiny bit, and the dash and interior (when on) lights dim a little bit.
If I rev it up some, the same dipping continues.
What does that rhythm indicate? What is it trying to do but then giving up on?
Bad battery? Bad regulator?
Thanks.
01 Golf sat for some time, dead battery, jump-started, drove some, let it sit running, drove some more, turned off.
Tried to start; battery dead again.
Jump-started it again, noticed odd rhythmic engine noise, and looked at the instruments:
The battery light is on. With a frequency of about 1 Hz, the RPMs briefly dip a tiny bit, and the dash and interior (when on) lights dim a little bit.
If I rev it up some, the same dipping continues.
What does that rhythm indicate? What is it trying to do but then giving up on?
Bad battery? Bad regulator?
Thanks.