bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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get back from uni friday night and go to start the car!
Nothing dead battery great!
So charge that up and head off to see mates.
get back home and pop to get some food,
on the way back my alternator fins were rubbing on the case like they have done lots of times before!
Then all dash lights went out and the battery and handbrake light came on!
I thought o shit alternator belt snapped!
Pulled over - sure enough alternator belt sanpped!
So limped the 1/2 mile back home!
Down to vaux this morning £5 new belt!
So thought sod it il clean all the block and anti roll bar and all the engine bay!
Put away and wait for new bits to arrive!!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Does the car work with no alternator? I always wondered this because surely the ECU needs power to make everything work properly and the fuel pump needs to run too... Guess you had power in the battery to run the car for a little...
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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yea the car will run with no altinator, but will only last till the battery dies, my altinator packed up on the m6 once so the rac man fitted a new battery, just amde the 150miles home before the car died
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
yea the car will run with no altinator, but will only last till the battery dies, my altinator packed up on the m6 once so the rac man fitted a new battery, just amde the 150miles home before the car died
I've already heard this story 
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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yeh i made it back but i had no lights the window was stuck down and was pissing with rain!!
All good now took for a good run early this morning and ran like a treat in the cold air!
Enough to see off a mg zr 180 thingy!
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