TommyA
24th July 2019, 09:51 PM
Okay, bear with me here this might get long winded .......
2002 GU 3.0 converted to TD42
Was driving earlier and my oil pressure gauge dropped to zero (was installed yesterday) so naturally pulled over and had a look. Checked the wiring out and noticed the negative terminal on the battery was cooking hot! Couldn't touch it! Tried to start it back up and turned over like I had a flat battery, I looked over some other wires and tried to start again and it cranked over like new and the oil pressure gauge worked..... for 300 metres.
When I got home I checked battery, was at 12.6v, fired it up and was still 12.6v nothing from the alternator (2 days old).
Next step was to clean battery terminals and connectors as they had a fair bit of corrosion. Once I done that I reconnected the battery and now when it's running the central locking constantly turns on and off by itself and with it tripping the radio out, the dash lights out, essentially everything that runs off the ignition. And the alternator still ain't charging 😞
Has anyone experienced anything remotely close to this or have a good idea of where to start looking? 😂
Thanks guys
2002 GU 3.0 converted to TD42
Was driving earlier and my oil pressure gauge dropped to zero (was installed yesterday) so naturally pulled over and had a look. Checked the wiring out and noticed the negative terminal on the battery was cooking hot! Couldn't touch it! Tried to start it back up and turned over like I had a flat battery, I looked over some other wires and tried to start again and it cranked over like new and the oil pressure gauge worked..... for 300 metres.
When I got home I checked battery, was at 12.6v, fired it up and was still 12.6v nothing from the alternator (2 days old).
Next step was to clean battery terminals and connectors as they had a fair bit of corrosion. Once I done that I reconnected the battery and now when it's running the central locking constantly turns on and off by itself and with it tripping the radio out, the dash lights out, essentially everything that runs off the ignition. And the alternator still ain't charging 😞
Has anyone experienced anything remotely close to this or have a good idea of where to start looking? 😂
Thanks guys