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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am Posts: 5733 Location: Location Location
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 Re: Oil light
its not sufficiantly charging? maybe turn the reg up a bit?
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November 7th, 2010, 9:51 pm |
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602
Firing on two.
Joined: July 21st, 2010, 7:12 pm Posts: 859 Location: Chatenet, France
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 Re: Oil light
rebel2cv wrote: Used the voltmeter on the battery already it sits at 11.4 and stays there So not charging then. Take the bushes out of the alternator first, much the easiest job to start with. http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/-c-69_79.html
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November 7th, 2010, 9:53 pm |
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602
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Joined: July 21st, 2010, 7:12 pm Posts: 859 Location: Chatenet, France
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 Re: Oil light
Jameswallace wrote: its not sufficiantly charging? maybe turn the reg up a bit? If there is nothing coming out of the alternator "turning up" the regulator will also produce nothing.
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November 7th, 2010, 9:54 pm |
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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am Posts: 5733 Location: Location Location
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 Re: Oil light
fair enough 
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November 7th, 2010, 9:59 pm |
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rebel2cv
Firing on two.
Joined: July 13th, 2009, 2:39 pm Posts: 657
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I'm kinda glad you said that I've been debating wether to pull the alternator off or not, I've only done it nice before for similar reasons that turned out to be brushes
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November 7th, 2010, 10:15 pm |
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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am Posts: 5733 Location: Location Location
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 Re: Oil light
i can only geuss your on your uphone with that error in that word, i hate the predictive text!! ive got a spare alternator on the shelf btw.. should you need it
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November 7th, 2010, 10:16 pm |
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am Posts: 3675
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rebel, to check if the regulator is the source of this problem, you can bypass it _temporarily_. To do that, you can use a length of insulated wire which is long enough to reach between the main terminal on the starter motor and the alternator. It needs a female blade connector on one end and a crocodile clip on the other end. Remove the lead which is plugged into the blade connector on the back of the alternator and replace it with that length of wire, connecting the other end to the starter motor with the crocodile clip. With the engine running and the voltmeter connected between the battery posts, keep watching the voltmeter whilst gradually increasing the engine speed above tickover. Note that you _must_ return the engine to tickover speed as soon as the voltmeter reading rises above 15 volts. On the other hand, if the voltmeter stays below 12 volts, the fault lies inside the alternator, only the brushes if you're lucky... ken
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November 7th, 2010, 10:27 pm |
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J-dub
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Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am Posts: 5733 Location: Location Location
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ken wrote: rebel, to check if the regulator is the source of this problem, you can bypass it _temporarily_. To do that, you can use a length of insulated wire which is long enough to reach between the main terminal on the starter motor and the alternator. It needs a female blade connector on one end and a crocodile clip on the other end. Remove the lead which is plugged into the blade connector on the back of the alternator and replace it with that length of wire, connecting the other end to the starter motor with the crocodile clip. With the engine running and the voltmeter connected between the battery posts, keep watching the voltmeter whilst gradually increasing the engine speed above tickover. Note that you _must_ return the engine to tickover speed as soon as the voltmeter reading rises above 15 volts. On the other hand, if the voltmeter stays below 12 volts, the fault lies inside the alternator, only the brushes if you're lucky... ken answers like that ken is why i continue to think your god when it comes to the world of 2cving sorry bum lick over!!
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November 7th, 2010, 10:31 pm |
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Sean
Firing on two.
Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm Posts: 3684 Location: Ecosse
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creep get back to oggling cher loyd on x factor
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November 7th, 2010, 10:36 pm |
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knightley
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Joined: June 19th, 2010, 8:40 pm Posts: 761 Location: Kingswood, S.Glos.
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Quote: sorry bum lick over!! James, you do have a way with words!
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November 7th, 2010, 10:36 pm |
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