L322 Is it the bloody wrong battery AGAIN!

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Battery or ECU

  • Battery

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • ECU

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Something Sodding Else

    Votes: 4 50.0%
  • Total voters
    8
Mark Piercy said:
Considering a new belt and check the pulleys while your in there along with the water pump... ;)
Do you have a multi meter :D
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Yes, but can't find it. So ordered a new one. Only to get a message yesterday they are out of stock.
Got help tomorrow to go over things. Or to put it more correctly, I will help him.
 
Henry_b said:
My old 4.4 came with a battery from a R56 mini from what I recall it had all kinds of phantom faults.

A nice big battery from here https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/

I bought this one https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/...silver-high-performance-car-battery-type-019/

Car sadly died just after I sold it - LS02NFX :(:D
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Battery already bought. Back to same specs as Bosch 020 , which was working great until issues last year. This could be a pointing finger at previous culprit thing. Might not be battery. Should know by tomorrow , hopefully.
 
gold rover said:
Battery already bought. Back to same specs as Bosch 020 , which was working great until issues last year. This could be a pointing finger at previous culprit thing. Might not be battery. Should know by tomorrow , hopefully.
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Before you threw the battery away, have you ever tried to see if you could bring it back from the dead? Some of these new chargers have a pulse on them and claim to rejuvenate it back to life, I have one but never had the need to do it, I just wondered?
 
My charger has a trickle charge a recovery charge normal charge they ain’t cheap but worth it in long run as you can check battery and alternator
 
Dopey said:
Before you threw the battery away, have you ever tried to see if you could bring it back from the dead? Some of these new chargers have a pulse on them and claim to rejuvenate it back to life, I have one but never had the need to do it, I just wondered?
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Which battery? One from last year? Garage changed it. So they probably binned it.
The one in it now? Don't even know if it there is an issue with it. Will get it looked at tomorrow. If it is ok, then it can be a spare. If it was causing any of the issues, it goes back to garage who put it in.
 
Dopey said:
Before you threw the battery away, have you ever tried to see if you could bring it back from the dead? Some of these new chargers have a pulse on them and claim to rejuvenate it back to life, I have one but never had the need to do it, I just wondered?
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++1 to this.
My MIL (90 at the time) kept totally flattening the battery in her car and went through 2 in the last year.
My Ctek charger has a re-wotsit function to de-sulphate the plates in knackered batteries. Worked o nthe MIL's a treat.
Same as my mates little Passat's battery. He reckoned it was "scrap" because it just would not charge on the car. I took it home and put it on my charger for 2 days on the cyle and it was recovered and perfectly good.
Ctek have the reputation, but many other and cheaper chargers have the required refresh functions nowadays.
 
If your belt is a suspect then change it now while you are changing alternator etc. Otherwise it will just go later. Yes yes I know you havent got one so go get one.
Especially if snapped belt means new engine but I dont know the L322
 
gold rover said:
So , the story continues. The battery has finally arrived. Yay! Or maybe not yay. Battery getting changed tomorrow.
In the meantime, the battery light comes on. Which means we have two new contenders : alternator, or belt.
On the up side, I have a nice, shiny, still in the box, alternator. Which I bought last time these issues happened, and battery was to blame.
I don't however have a belt :( Will my stockings do? :D
Ahhhhhh the joys of the L322
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HHHMMMMMM stockings ! (sorry @gold rover just had to) my vote is for alternator giving out wrong voltage upsetting ECU`s and killing the battery so as you already have the alternator change it, it might as well be on the car and maybe eliminate that option.
 
oakey said:
If your belt is a suspect then change it now while you are changing alternator etc. Otherwise it will just go later. Yes yes I know you havent got one so go get one.
Especially if snapped belt means new engine but I dont know the L322
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It's not just as easy as 'go get one' ;)
In other news. It is definitely the alternator.
Meant to post the above this morning. So will add to it.
The alternator has been changed, as it was definitely gubbed.
The battery has been changed as battery put in at end of last year was reading 11.8 on multimeter and not up to job asked of it.
New battery is same as one taken out at end of last year.
On alternator and battery change ALL faults are gone. Which were exactly same faults that presented last year. So chances are the alternator was on way out then but missed. Who knows.



Oh and belt was checked whilst alternator being checked and is in good nick.
 
Ok boys n' girls she is not fixed :(
The faults she left me with last year, are still showing.
Faults :
Key won't turn more than a couple of mm. Takes several attempts before she finally allows me to turn key, to start ignition.
Electrics won't play on start up, includes but not limited to, memory settings for seats & telescoping steering wheel*, electric windows, heated seats, EAS**, stereo.
Power Steering doesn't work immediately.
* seats and telescoping will work manually
** EAS either pings up with Inactive, or, no warning but control dial has no lights.

Actions taken:
Sent to garage , garage did following to remedy above
New key barrel
New battery

Got her back drove her home. Within a couple of weeks issues start showing again. I don't do a lot of mileage, so checked with garage was it a strong enough battery. Told yes.
So we get to the start of this thread.
Yesterday, new alternator and new battery. All problems go away.
Today, all are back, with a vengeance.
New problem with Stereo Head Unit: Menu is not allowing access to On-board Computer option.
Music is intermittently not playing.

I still can't get to usual garage, so trying to resolve from here.
I was bouncing ideas with local guy and he has suggested key issues might be some type of lock on brake pedal, not picking up a signal? Is this a possibility?
As for the rest of the issue anyone got any ideas?
@Henry_b , @kds, @backinblack , @Saint.V8 , @holidaychicken and @ anyone else, apologies if I missed you off list :)
 
gold rover said:
Would a brand new barrel need graphite powder?
Local guy has an Icarsoft. Any hints on what he might be looking for? Any particular relay look after all of the above.


Needless to say I'm seriously unhappy that she has come back, and is showing the same faults she went away for almost 4 months with, and was supposedly fixed.
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No thats why I added the other comment, I said that without reading it all
 
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