This bloomin' Hippo is going to send me to an early grave!! It's a 2003 TD4
The car has been insanely fogged up (and icy on occasion) inside for a while now. There is some water ingress from the sunroof which apparently my attempt at sealing failed. However, until recently, the heater on full whack nice and warm with the A/C on and recirculating has done the trick (eventually). I wonder if maybe the pollen filter is partly to blame, but it will be serviced next week so hopefully that will fix that problem.
In the last week though, the car has not enjoyed having the heater on past number two, or indeed with the temp beyond about midway. If I do either of those things, then the battery light comes on. When driving, the heater pulses as do the headlights. This is worrying me.
Once on Friday evening, and then again this morning, the parking light, HDC and T/C flickered on briefly twice whilst driving and then carried on OK. Brake lights appear to be working so I am not sure if it is the switch.
Any ideas on a cause as I understand the alternator is a bugger to get to (and hardly cheap to purchase) and with a newborn in the house it's an expense I could do without!
Thanks in advance
The car has been insanely fogged up (and icy on occasion) inside for a while now. There is some water ingress from the sunroof which apparently my attempt at sealing failed. However, until recently, the heater on full whack nice and warm with the A/C on and recirculating has done the trick (eventually). I wonder if maybe the pollen filter is partly to blame, but it will be serviced next week so hopefully that will fix that problem.
In the last week though, the car has not enjoyed having the heater on past number two, or indeed with the temp beyond about midway. If I do either of those things, then the battery light comes on. When driving, the heater pulses as do the headlights. This is worrying me.
Once on Friday evening, and then again this morning, the parking light, HDC and T/C flickered on briefly twice whilst driving and then carried on OK. Brake lights appear to be working so I am not sure if it is the switch.
Any ideas on a cause as I understand the alternator is a bugger to get to (and hardly cheap to purchase) and with a newborn in the house it's an expense I could do without!
Thanks in advance