side light weirdness

[Westy End]

hmmmmm

I cleaned the dash yesterday and accidentally squirted some cleaner into the headlight switch. Following that the rhs side light front and back came on. Ok, I thought, a bit of fluid shorting the switch - take it out and wiggle it around a bit (so to speak ) and that should do the trick.

So I took the switch out and removed the wiring from the rear. But the same side lights remained on - how can that be? Surely all current goes through the switch so if i have disconnected it then no lights should work at all.

Unless I have discovered an intermittent parking light

Anyway - I put the switch back in and the lights went off! As long as it is fixed I suppose I dont care but it is puzzling.

[Mocki]

Sounds to me like you moved the indicator stalk down or up from central whilst messing with the light switch and switched the parking lights on and then off?

[Westy End]

Mocki - you are spot on. The RHS front and rear side light comes on when the indicator stalk is left signalling right and vice versa. Is this a true parking light feature that I just didnt know about? Or is there some other reason for it? If it is feature then i wonder how quickly it drains the battery - it is pretty bright from the front sidelight.

cheers

[Mocki]

It's on all late t25 and I think all VW of that era
It appears you just didn't know about it !
It's a right pain in the whatsit if you pull up by the side of the road whilst indicating and turn the engine off and get out during the day !