Jonz
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Registered: 27th Nov 07
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Wat could it be? The battry light is on and nothing on the dash works.. neather duse the heaters.. Also when i start it nothing works till i give it a litle rev then the battry lights come on and windows ect work.. Help please.
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Charlie12345
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Registered: 14th Apr 08
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EGR?
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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alternator has failed or your battery isnt holding charge.
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lwigmore
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Registered: 18th Nov 07
Location: Sawtry Huntingdon Drives: Saxo VTS
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look on the battery as it should have a hydrometer reading on it, if its green then batterys all good, if in the red then battery if f***ed lol
try charging the battery up first for a couple of hours then see if it helps??
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Gareth F
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Whats the EGR valve got to do with electrics, Faulty EGR valve will cause rough idle and stalling.
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Jonz
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Registered: 27th Nov 07
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It has jst had a new battery last month so it souldnt be the battery.. Is the alternator an expensive repair?. Thanks a lot.
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Gareth F
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Um scrappy is best bet. If not just get quotes from garages. Oh and its possible you have a dodgey battery. but if its worked for a month then might be alternator, why did you get a new battery?
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lwigmore
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well not really unless you buy and fit it yourself matey, fitting alternator is very easy if you know how to do it
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Gareth F
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Scrappy is the best if you can find a clean car with the engine intact and has had the bonnet down so water hasnt fucked the alternator
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonz
Wat could it be? The battry light is on and nothing on the dash works.. neather duse the heaters.. Also when i start it nothing works till i give it a litle rev then the battry lights come on and windows ect work.. Help please.
What do you mean by nothing on the dash working?
Does it sound 'flat' when you start it?
Do you only need to rev it once for everything to work?
And what do you mean when you say 'the battery lights?'
This doesn't sound like a fecked alternator, nothing at all would work if it was gone. If the battery was flat it wouldn't be able to be started.
People should ask more questions before suggesting things to buy/get fitted tbh.
It could be a problem with the alternator or battery, but it doesn't sound so straightforward from the description of the problem.
[Edited on 14-09-2008 by alan-g-w]
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Ant
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sound more like an earth problem to me
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daymoon
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i had same problem.. try checking all the fuses under the steering wheel.. that what it was in mine..
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