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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Varche on 08 April 2018, 09:49:20
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Have had the weekend from hell culminating on just getting home last night.
First sign of trouble was the headlights went dim. Wipers stopped working, electric windows didnt work. Dash lights went and also the headlights with about nine miles to go. Did the last five using a smart phone light and peering out of door. I am thinking alternator. With about five miles to go it stalled (diesel) . Nothing at all when tried starter but did jump syart in reverse. Nearer home the engine started to falter presumably as the battery went flat.
Any ideas please? I can get the battery on charge and thankfully breakdown cover includes home recovery but i would like to investigate first. Skip next background para if notinterested in run up to weekend from hell!
Friday the 94 year old MIL had a funny turn so off to local hospital. Predicatably they kept her in and then on Saturday morning transferred her to Granada main hospital at 9 a.m. spent the rest of the day on a trolley being analysed, scanned, x rayed. Long periods of not really knowing what was going on or what next. Hard to get anything to eat in case you missed the tannoy call to take her to next place or consultant. Then the cafe closed at six. At eight she went into observation where they decide at 11 p.m. ish whether to keep in or not. So huge crowd of patients family gather outside observations wards. In our case a doctor very patiently ( despite clearly being over worked) explained she could go home but with a regime we have to follow. One issue was low blood sodium levels. For us there were pluses and minuses with her discharge. So about 1.30 a.m. we shovelled MIL into thecar and went in search of a 24 hour chemist for a long list of new prescriptions. Failed to find anywhere open so left it till Sunday to find somewhere.. got home at 4 a.m. the saying character forming springs to mind.
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Alternator (or the wiring from it to the battery)
Start with Kevin's guide......
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Definitely alternator (or charging) related. Follow the guide as suggested
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Not an answer to your question,but I sincerely hope your MIL recovers real soon. :y
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Aye, sounds like alternator has packed in, but as others have said, follow Kevin Wood's guide in Mtce Guides section :y
Although a different car, you should get similar voltages :)
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12.44 volts. So assumed alternator. Had car lorried to garage today ( all car insurance has compulsory breakdown cover). They are doing job and replacing drive belt as well as it is cracked.
Thanks for help.