S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

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S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

Post by a4drk » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:16 pm

Driving home tonight, the battery light has come on, on the dash board.
The battery is only a few months old.
What do you reckon this could be ? - Alternator ? ?

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Re: S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

Post by BiggestNizzy » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:18 pm

Alternator the light means it's not charging
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Re: S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

Post by a4drk » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:22 pm

So, either the fan belt is burst
or the alternator is knackered.....
Knowing my luck, it will be the dearer option...............

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Re: S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

Post by robin » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:06 pm

Or the wiring to the back of the alternator has broken.

Or the muckle 80A fusible link in the alternator charger connection to the battery has broken.

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Re: S2 Sports Tourer - Battery Light Showing on Dash

Post by a4drk » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:09 pm

Car is in the garage at the moment.
As I said earlier - my luck with cars - it's always the dearsest option.
Alternator knackered.
Murrays want £238 + VAT for a new one.
Eliseparts.com want £140 + vat + postage.
Wee shop in Leith want £92 + VAT - deliver it this afternoon.
mmmmm let me think...

Thanks for yer help guys.

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BMW 435d M Sport - 375bhp..... and stops now (big brakes!😁)
Work Horse - Ford Transit - Full of crap spec....... 170bhp one :-)
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