Is it possible that it has an alarm, just without an interior monitor / sensor??? Just a thought!

Yeah I was too lol, you should also have a switch inside the car to deactivate interior sensors if you had an alarm. Its part of a long list of things you will be missing I'm afraid. Do you have a switch to dim dash lights, a remote fuel cap release? For what its worth alarms are pretty cheap on ebay and they work okay, also there is a really cheap central locking kit that looks oem and is easy to fit if you want one. Search my posts you will see all the things I have changed on mine.

 

No dim dash lights, no remote fuel cap release!

The joys of a Classic, I suppose!

Is it possible that it has an alarm, just without an interior monitor / sensor??? Just a thought!

I don't know!!!

It's never gone off, Is it supposed to go off if you dilly dally & faff about inserting your key into the ignition?

If it's like mine it won't have one but I suppose there is a chance.

Right! here we go!

Disconnect starter, apply multimeter (keeping circuit whole, not easy!) & 4.8 amp drain,

break circuit & hey presto! then .5amp drain.

Something sticking in starter?

Don't know, but I'm sure this must be it.

Unless anyone can think of anything else connected?

I'll be sourcing a new starter, methinks.

 

 

 

Oh yes! I'd just finished pulling all the relays in the footwell, to no avail!!

Edited 25 May, 201511 yr by Captain Sparkle

It's possible that removing the starter, dismantling and cleaning & re-greasing it, and all its connections right back to the battery & earth straps, could solve the problem.  Here's a link to a 'how to' write up:

 

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=90249

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Decided to replace starter, as I don't really have a dry facility or time to remove, dismantle & clean the old one.

It's no different!!

that's it, Isolator switch it is.

have you had the car scanned with vcds

 

another common issue is the ignition switch

have you had the car scanned with vcds

 

another common issue is the ignition switch

No, I wouldn't know how to go about it, or anybody with it.

Off to the TT Friday morning so I'm just going to put an isolator on 'til I get back.