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« on: 20 December 2009, 13:46:24 »
Hears one to get the old grey matter working. Last night went to friends, did about 15 miles no probs, stop for about an hour, get in fire it up go for meal do about another 10 miles. Come out 3 hrs later get in fire it up, starts perfectly, start to drive off and I can hear a very high pitched whining sound but quite faint, carry on but still listing to the whine. It is engine speed related, everything is still working fine, lights, heater, but when I put the wipers on, the whine has a rhythm to it that matches the wipers, put the wipers on fast and the rhythm of the whine goes faster, turn them off and the whine is continuous. Put the rear heated screen on and the headlights did dull a bit, so turned it off, ah, me thinks it must be the alternator, (the drive home was about 15 miles) when we got onto the drive, sat and let it tick over for about 2 mins, (with the headlights still on) seemed fine, it revved up ok, put rear screen on again and down go the lights, so I turned it all off and went inside for about 3 mins., come out, try sidelights, dim, try headlights, very dim, turn on ignition, dash lights very dim, try to start it, nothing, sod it I'm off to bed. Get up this morning to put battery on charge, but first put the ignition on and the lights are still very dim and the rev counter & speedo needles are jittering up an down between 0 & 5 mph with the dash lights pulsating between dim & very dim (by the dash lights I mean all the orange & red etc, warning lights), the battery has a 'state of charge indicator' and that says its fine, but anyway disconnect battery and put on charger, and the charger says its not flat, but I will leave it on for a while then refit and try, see what happens. Any ideas would be great, cheers
