Only relaying what the VW technician said,not my opinion I am only a lowly spanner monkey.

problem solved.
The guy at my local spares place had a word with VW who said that,as I have a 62ah battery and a 45ah alternator the alternator would be working it's nuts off and the light would still be on.So got a 65ah alternator and problem solved.
He also said that although some vehicles had ...

o.k replaced the regulator in the alternator--same problem,replaced the alternator--same problem,checked the wiring,all o.k---same problem,could it maybe just a fault with the light?

No sciroccos in the scrappies here,do any other car alternators fit?

Just over 12 volts.

The belt and wiring seem ok,it's been like it for a while now and the power in the battery hasn't droped.

The red battery light on the dash is staying on,the car starts and runs ok. Any ideas??

Nothing wrong with standard brakes as long as they are maintained correctly.Unless you throw loads of money at them by changing the whole set up, they will never match the brakes of a modern car.It's part of the joys of owning an older car.

Thanks for that,now i've just got to get the oil temp gauge.

Just been out to the car and found the wires to the rear speakers and the round one is indeed a speaker connector.It looks to be original,if not then someone has done a good job as it's routed through the car properly and shrink wrapped the same as the other wiring.

yep 82 GTI and yep it should have the oil temperature gauge but it's missing.
I've now found out what an xlr connector is and it certainly looks like one,and there's no power coming from any of the wires so I would think they may be speaker wires of some kind.Which would mean the other one is for ...

At the risk of sounding thick,what is an XLR connector.As far as I know and can find out the electrics are standard.

Hi all,I have sussed out all the electrics on my GTI aprt from these two.
The round one is 3 pin,2 grey wires to 1 pin,a red to 1 pin and a blue to 1 pin.
The other one is also 3 pin,a black and yellow and a black to 1 pin which is live on ignition,green/black to 1 pin and two brown to 1 pin which ...

Just been reading up on it and had another look and you are quite right and I am a complete numpty Because it has a tube that connects to the rear I thought that was part of an MFA,shows how much I know about scirocco's. I'll get me coat

No,the clocks are original.