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Originally Posted by 71scgc
Beware of the electrics in those early '80s VWs.
My ex father in law had a gen1 Scirocco. Left him stranded several times. He bought it new and the problems started less than a year in. He replaced it with an Audi 80.
I had an '81 Golf GTI in the mid '90s. It had a battery killing short in it I could never find. I'm an electrician by trade. I ended up keeping a dead battery under the hood, and a live one behind the drivers seat with a set of jumper cables.
It was a neat car around town. Every time I drove it on the Autobahn something broke. I wish I could have owned it when it was new.
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Dead shorts are not uncommon in cars in general, usually they are reasonably easy to isolate first by circuit and then by individual accessories or components within that circuit. It's strange that no one could ever diagnose it, did you ever take it to a good auto electric shop?
My limits WRT DIY repairs are mostly limited to newer vehicles that require specialised software and equipment for diagnoses. I'm not too intimidated by this analogue machine.
