#1: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: arronmee1990, Location: Broughton AstleyPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:07 am ---- On the way to work this morning my MFD flagged up saying "Battery Charge Fault". I wasn't far from work so thought I'd carry on and sort it out but then the engine wouldn't rev and I couldn't pull away from the traffic lights.
It now won't start and I've just been towed home. There is no charge on the battery, we did get the engine started once but it didn't sound very healthy and wouldn't rev up even with my foot flat.
I am initially thinking it's the alternator gone and all these other problems are just due to the battery being flat. I've had all the "Airbag fault" and "ABS fault" and "Braking fault" come up on the display.
Any ideas before I go out and buy an alternator?
Thanks in advance
#2: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: Ash, Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:31 am ---- Well the battery will be f****d now too so go and buy a good battery charger and leave it on a slow charge.
#3: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: arronmee1990, Location: Broughton AstleyPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:49 am ---- Yeh it will be on charge overnight but do you think it definitely is a new alternator job?
#4: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: Ash, Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:27 am ----
arronmee1990 wrote:
Yeh it will be on charge overnight but do you think it definitely is a new alternator job?
Put a charged battery on it. Then check the voltage across the alternator and see if its charging or not.
#5: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: Jensen, Location: ScunthorpePosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:46 pm ---- Might have an alternator spare mate if you need one
#6: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:58 pm ---- you have a faulty alten.,but you have to make sure it's not charging well,or is't over charging,because these 2 cases cause what you said.
#7: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: craigdmjv, Location: WiltshirePosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:31 pm ---- same symptoms as when my alternator went revs dropped and that was it lol
#8: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: Jensen, Location: ScunthorpePosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:19 pm ---- Yer I've just had to change mine same faults ebays best bet for one mate
#9: Re: No Battery Charge and Funny Engine Characteristics Help?!! Author: arronmee1990, Location: Broughton AstleyPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:40 pm ---- Thanks for the replies. I'm going to get an alternator and fit it tomorrow morning. Hopefully this and a charge if the battery and I'll be on my way again
We are not responsible for comments posted by our users, as they are the property of the poster
Interactive software released under GNU GPL,
Code Credits,
Privacy Policy
Membership:
Latest: 
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 17129
Online Now [187]:
Visitors: 186
Members: 0
Staff Online Now:
Page Views:
General
