yeti 0 Posted April 30, 2009 I have now descovered that the reason my golf is discharging the battery is that i never refitted the broken engine earth strap after changing the gear box (put a new box in - moved house and it sat for a ear so i forgot! oops!) has anyone got a pic of their 8v engine bay - specifically the earth strap on the right hand side of ther engine is pos as although i can see where it goes on the block i cant remember where it goes in the bay cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vwdeviant 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Doesn't VAG-CAT show where it goes? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Doesn't VAG-CAT show where it goes? looked but i'm not sure where to look for it tbh mate, a pic would be the easiest to follow but if you can work out where on vagcat please tell me :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burnt01 0 Posted April 30, 2009 just changed the 8v engine out of a corrado and put an abf 16v valve in. The cable on that went directly back to the firewall, then along the back and forward again to the battery Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rusty bolts 0 Posted April 30, 2009 yep hes right that was my car lol it attaches at the gearbox, you should have one bolt on the gear box with an extra 8mm thread on it for the earth cable Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burnt01 0 Posted April 30, 2009 or was it the one on the side of the engine? :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted April 30, 2009 ok cool, thanks gents - i'll ring vw tomorrow and order one :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rusty bolts 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Also Rusty Sucks burnt sucks even more! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burnt01 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Also Rusty Sucks burnt sucks even more! :lol: Ahh but I have two rado's outside my house and you have none! hahaha :norty: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites