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> The special battery had a lead probe which stuck down from the top into one of > the cells. If the water level was high enough it touched that probe and there > would then be voltage on that terminal. The Computer Diagnosis system could > sense that voltage and would assume that all the rest of the cells were equally > full. > We had the replacement batteries with the probe available from normal retail outlets. After a few years they didn't bother any more. I never had a VW with diagnosis probe while they were still doing it. They did a 'diagnosis' on my 59 Beetle, told me the plugs were wrong type (they weren't) and the brakes were OK (which included lining thicknesses). Next day the handbrake cables (both!) broke - my fault I'd not adjusted the rear brake shoes for a while and the lever was pulling up high enough to kink the cables. They replaced the linings too, as they were worn down to the wire mesh! So much for diagnosis, and just another nail in the coffin of the dealer as far as my custom was concerned. They also replaced the wheel cylinders with the larger size, which got rather hot as they (or the shoes?) rubbed the drum a bit. It was around then that I began to realise I could do it better. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org