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The bulb on the dash has an ignition feed at one side and the other side goes to the alternator. With the ignition on you should see a voltage at this wire when disconnected from the alternator.
When its connected to the alternator it has a path to earth and the light comes on. as soon as the...
Battery voltage = 12.5v ish, charging voltage 13v - 14.5v if u have a poor connection somewhere loosing you 1 or 2 volts that would explain it. Do the tests tomorrow to confirm that all the wiring is good, must be done with the engine running. Oh and forgot to mention make sure you connect the...
Ok quick auto electrics lesson.
car running
1, connect a volt meter (set on volts) from battery positive to alternator output wire B+..... you should see 0 volts if you see anything higher than 0.5 volts you have bad connection between the battery and alternator
2, connect a volt meter (set on...
yep you got it. aux belt AND tensioner AND idler at 36k. then cambelt etc at 72k inc all the above again. Personaly id do it earlier.
I dont do much milage in mine but im probably going to change the whole lot again in about 3 years, if i still have the car
my two pence:
Never refit and old belt, cambelt or aux belt.
£345 is cheep, i paid over £200 quid for the parts alone, with trade discount and its a long job.
Older cars had very small belts that ran very few things hence the well known tights temporary repair. you have a hard job even seeing...
Saw one in Austria when i went snowboarding in January, there was a very big and famous sking event going on (cant remember what it was called - lol) and it was supported by Audi. Lush car
if its the current one then it must be fitted by a t**t! put mine on yesterday, no knocks, no blows and fits perfectly!
sounds good not chav at all imo. apparently they change afer a few thousand miles so i reserve judgement. But build quality wise its absolutely first class, so many...
ok mate, just a thought.
could be a stone tho, see quite a few cars at work with stones trapped behind the disc, just another thought. and before someone says 'stones dont make a noise' or some s**t like that, im trying to help the guy