Anonymous
23-11-01, 12:32 PM
Right, me and my brother re fitted the engine on Wednesday night. It got to about 11.pm and it was ready to fire up. I was so nervous as I turned the key, but bobs your uncle it fired straight up.
after a few tweaks here and there it was fine.
Next day I managed to get the day off work and spent some time tweaking it and it was running sweet. It was ticking over really quietly and revving nice. I had to take the alternator back off as it was scraping on the bodywork. When I put the alternator back on the car wouldn't start ???
The battery was dead. I jump started it off my brothers car and it was running for a few mins. I looked at the battery light and it was on quater, then all the lights went out on the digidash and the lights wouldn't work and the engine cut out. Then it wouldn't start again. So I went and bought a 2.0l battery and connected it up and the car started straight up, but the battery light was only on half ????
It always used to be on 3/4. I drove it for about 15 mins and it stayed on half power. When I went out this morning to start it it wouldn't start again ???
My guess is that the alternator isn't charging the battery properly.
what do you reckon is wrong with it, do you think its the alternator or something else. as its a brand new battery I would have thought that the battery light would have been on full ?
any ideas ?
:D 2.0l 8v. It will work one day !!! :D
after a few tweaks here and there it was fine.
Next day I managed to get the day off work and spent some time tweaking it and it was running sweet. It was ticking over really quietly and revving nice. I had to take the alternator back off as it was scraping on the bodywork. When I put the alternator back on the car wouldn't start ???
The battery was dead. I jump started it off my brothers car and it was running for a few mins. I looked at the battery light and it was on quater, then all the lights went out on the digidash and the lights wouldn't work and the engine cut out. Then it wouldn't start again. So I went and bought a 2.0l battery and connected it up and the car started straight up, but the battery light was only on half ????
It always used to be on 3/4. I drove it for about 15 mins and it stayed on half power. When I went out this morning to start it it wouldn't start again ???
My guess is that the alternator isn't charging the battery properly.
what do you reckon is wrong with it, do you think its the alternator or something else. as its a brand new battery I would have thought that the battery light would have been on full ?
any ideas ?
:D 2.0l 8v. It will work one day !!! :D