Pub247
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So last few days the wagon has been playing up. A while back the battery light was coming on intermittantely so i pulled the alternator out and gave it a check over regulator looked ok and bushes were like 10mm+ long and seem to make contact. Alternator has a reco sticker on it too
So i went had a look at terminals positive looked horrible pulled it off cleaned it up and saw that one of the wires (white with brown trace) just fell apart at the terminal (i assumed this was the charge wire for alternator and the fact it was corroded and making poor contact to be the cayse of light coming on) ok fixed that and all seemed good for a while.
on the weekend it left me stranded wouldnt start and sounded like battery was flat(didnt notice light but it could have been on). So rang a mate got a jumpstart and away i go light came on again on that and headlights were real dim it just started on sunday morning after 3 attempts sound like a flat battery but in the end it started.
(NOTE i did not have a multimeter at this point otherwise i would have checked)
Anyway after that till today everything seemed fine light came on breifly a couple times but it seemded to start ok as per normal.
Then this morning it did it again there was no light it just wouldnt start sounded like a flat battery... tried a few times gave up and went inside came out later tried again and just managed to get it started.
So i get to work and whip out the mulitmeter. car off voltage is 11.46v car running 14.27v
all seems good car turned over fine and started as per normal.
Now end of day i go to leave work car wont start (once again turning over slowly sounds like a flat battery)??? multimeter out 11.4v on battery WTF??? no battery light seems to have charge. after a few attempt i get it going hmmm turn it off and on starts perfect. done that 3 more times and it seems fine.
Now i'm confused, I've the multimeter handy incase light comes on again but I'm now thinking it might be starter motor related instead of holding charge or dodgey alternator.
MAybe like theres a huge voltage drop between battery and starter as starter works perfect sometimes than other times not.
Anyway long Post i know but if anyone has any ideas thatd be great
Cheers Pub
So i went had a look at terminals positive looked horrible pulled it off cleaned it up and saw that one of the wires (white with brown trace) just fell apart at the terminal (i assumed this was the charge wire for alternator and the fact it was corroded and making poor contact to be the cayse of light coming on) ok fixed that and all seemed good for a while.
on the weekend it left me stranded wouldnt start and sounded like battery was flat(didnt notice light but it could have been on). So rang a mate got a jumpstart and away i go light came on again on that and headlights were real dim it just started on sunday morning after 3 attempts sound like a flat battery but in the end it started.
(NOTE i did not have a multimeter at this point otherwise i would have checked)
Anyway after that till today everything seemed fine light came on breifly a couple times but it seemded to start ok as per normal.
Then this morning it did it again there was no light it just wouldnt start sounded like a flat battery... tried a few times gave up and went inside came out later tried again and just managed to get it started.
So i get to work and whip out the mulitmeter. car off voltage is 11.46v car running 14.27v
all seems good car turned over fine and started as per normal.
Now end of day i go to leave work car wont start (once again turning over slowly sounds like a flat battery)??? multimeter out 11.4v on battery WTF??? no battery light seems to have charge. after a few attempt i get it going hmmm turn it off and on starts perfect. done that 3 more times and it seems fine.
Now i'm confused, I've the multimeter handy incase light comes on again but I'm now thinking it might be starter motor related instead of holding charge or dodgey alternator.
MAybe like theres a huge voltage drop between battery and starter as starter works perfect sometimes than other times not.
Anyway long Post i know but if anyone has any ideas thatd be great
Cheers Pub