gil
Active Member
As the title says, I'm getting ****ed off with my alternator/battery/what ever is in between. It's a 200tdi
The battery kept dying so I changed it for a new one, this battery had died a few weeks ago due to leaving the lights on, so I thought that the cold was affecting it in its fragile state.
So new battery on, car starts, happy days. Next morning car doesn't start again!!
Start it with someone else's battery fine and put my battery back on hoping the alternator would charge it back up on the way to work (15 miles away).
Got to work and turned the engine off, then tried to start it straight away and it just clicked!
Had a look at the terminals and saw that the cable from the alternator had come away from the battery terminal so I replaced the connection and refitted, drove home and still no charge.
So I have replaced the alternator with a brand new one. But guess what.... Still no charge!
The multi meter is reading 14.05 volts with the engine running of the battery and off the back of the alternator (with out lights, radio ect on)
The battery is reading 12.66 volts with the engine off.
The battery warning light is extinguishing when the ignition is started, but what I have noticed is it comes on when I turn the engine off.
Any ideas?? Tried everything in all the searches I have done
The battery kept dying so I changed it for a new one, this battery had died a few weeks ago due to leaving the lights on, so I thought that the cold was affecting it in its fragile state.
So new battery on, car starts, happy days. Next morning car doesn't start again!!
Start it with someone else's battery fine and put my battery back on hoping the alternator would charge it back up on the way to work (15 miles away).
Got to work and turned the engine off, then tried to start it straight away and it just clicked!
Had a look at the terminals and saw that the cable from the alternator had come away from the battery terminal so I replaced the connection and refitted, drove home and still no charge.
So I have replaced the alternator with a brand new one. But guess what.... Still no charge!
The multi meter is reading 14.05 volts with the engine running of the battery and off the back of the alternator (with out lights, radio ect on)
The battery is reading 12.66 volts with the engine off.
The battery warning light is extinguishing when the ignition is started, but what I have noticed is it comes on when I turn the engine off.
Any ideas?? Tried everything in all the searches I have done