1991 100 electrical issues
 

I just bought a 1991 100 with 100k miles and it is starting to do some
really strange things

this is what is happening,

1 the radio stays on when the key is turned off
2 the engine runs when the key is turned off the only way the engine turns
off is by removing the key form the ignition! go figure,

and finally the climate control works intermitenly, could all this be caused
by the same thing>?

and can I remove the cliamte control and install some kind of manual cliamte
control>?

thanks in advance

paul

Re: 1991 100 electrical issues
 

Paul,

A) congrats on the new car.
2) not sure about your #s 2 and 3, but for #1, I'm pretty sure that's
normal. My car is the same way, the stereo isn't wired into the ignition
system, so you have to manually turn it off and on.

Enjoy
Bill

91 200TQ
90 Chevy K1500 Silverado

"{paul" <nope@nope.com> wrote in message
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> I just bought a 1991 100 with 100k miles and it is starting to do some
> really strange things
>
> this is what is happening,
>
> 1 the radio stays on when the key is turned off
> 2 the engine runs when the key is turned off the only way the engine turns
> off is by removing the key form the ignition! go figure,
>
> and finally the climate control works intermitenly, could all this be
caused
> by the same thing>?
>
> and can I remove the cliamte control and install some kind of manual
cliamte
> control>?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> paul
>
>

Re: 1991 100 electrical issues
 

Paul,
Apparently some of the Type 44's sold in Europe had a manual CC option,
however without airconditioning. It may be possible to find the manual
controls you talked about from an Audi breaker in the UK, or check on eBay
Germany (and brush up on a different language ....with the help of the
Babelfish translator, of course)
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"{paul" <nope@nope.com> wrote in message
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> I just bought a 1991 100 with 100k miles and it is starting to do some
> really strange things
>
> this is what is happening,
>
> 1 the radio stays on when the key is turned off
> 2 the engine runs when the key is turned off the only way the engine turns
> off is by removing the key form the ignition! go figure,
>
> and finally the climate control works intermitenly, could all this be
caused
> by the same thing>?
>
> and can I remove the cliamte control and install some kind of manual
cliamte
> control>?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> paul
>
>

Re: 1991 100 electrical issues
 

{paul wrote:
> I just bought a 1991 100 with 100k miles and it is starting to do some
> really strange things
>
> this is what is happening,
>
> 1 the radio stays on when the key is turned off

Like Bill said. This is normal.

> 2 the engine runs when the key is turned off the only way the engine turns
> off is by removing the key form the ignition! go figure,

Bad ignition switch would be my guess. Remove instrument cluster - easy
to change.

>
> and finally the climate control works intermitenly, could all this be caused
> by the same thing>?

Probably not. Are you sure that the climate control is on/off rather
than just the heater blower motor. This is the typical failure mode of a
blower motor that has developed a case of bad brushes.

>
> and can I remove the climate control and install some kind of manual climate
> control>?

Finding and fixing the problem is a lot easier than a complete retrofit.
There are a lot of inerrelated things involved.

Tony
'91 100 Q 5spd
107K on the clock and almost like new.

Re: 1991 100 electrical issues
 

thanks for all the hints

Paul



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>
>
> {paul wrote:
> > I just bought a 1991 100 with 100k miles and it is starting to do some
> > really strange things
> >
> > this is what is happening,
> >
> > 1 the radio stays on when the key is turned off
>
> Like Bill said. This is normal.
>
> > 2 the engine runs when the key is turned off the only way the engine
turns
> > off is by removing the key form the ignition! go figure,
>
> Bad ignition switch would be my guess. Remove instrument cluster - easy
> to change.
>
> >
> > and finally the climate control works intermitenly, could all this be
caused
> > by the same thing>?
>
> Probably not. Are you sure that the climate control is on/off rather
> than just the heater blower motor. This is the typical failure mode of a
> blower motor that has developed a case of bad brushes.
>
> >
> > and can I remove the climate control and install some kind of manual
climate
> > control>?
>
> Finding and fixing the problem is a lot easier than a complete retrofit.
> There are a lot of inerrelated things involved.
>
> Tony
> '91 100 Q 5spd
> 107K on the clock and almost like new.
>

Re: 1991 100 electrical issues
 

"[paul" <sdf@hotmail.com> skrev i melding
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> thanks for all the hints
> > > the radio stays on when the key is turned off
> > Like Bill said. This is normal.
Yes, indeed, this is normal. You will just have to turn your car radio off
manually, that is all.