Discharging Battery,smoking Dashboard!help?

[steelblue ghia]

hi, could anybody possibly shed any light on problems that have just developed on our mk 1 v reg TDI gal. It all started a couple of weeks ago when the speakers would crackle and bang when the ignition was either switched on or off, the radio stiil appeared to be working ok however last sunday after having left the doors open to clean the car out the battery went flat and we had to jump start it. It has since flatened the battery again,so I removed the radio fuse which cured the speaker crackling and the battery stayed charged, today I decided to take a look to see if I could trace the problem and this is what I found:-

 

Broken wires in near side rear door loom, I repaired the wiring, reconnected the radio and found the speakers still crackled I also noticed both near side rear speakers do not have sound and a couple of hours ago whilst driving I could smell burning and noticed smoke coming from behind the radio. I removed the radio and found that the amplifier was red hot. Im sure this problem is linked to the audio system as the battery did not go flat while the radio fuse was removed, any ideas???

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Without wishing to state the obvious, I'll state the obvious - you have a problem with the radio system. Disconnect the amplifier and check the radio speaker outputs. If in doubt, go to a car audio specialist for advice and assistance. Do not reconnect the audio fuse until you have investigated, you do not want to find that it goes up in smoke whilst you are driving along.

[Dave-G]

"you do not want to find that it goes up in smoke whilst you are driving along."

 

:P Well actually It depends on how well insured you are and how much you'd like to change it :angry:

[steelblue ghia]

well we do not want it to go up in smoke,its a great vehicle and since I have been reading the excellent topics on this forum ,our passenger side footwell swimming pool is fixed (new screen)and I found that the pollen filter was incorrectly fitted,our radio will remain without power until we can get it to an auto electrician,would love to know if anybody else has had similar audio/discharging battery probs. cheers.