I was just cruising home to cool the engine down about 40, had lights fogs and main beam, road angel and stereo on quiet. It died completely - no power at all. Couldn't even put on my hazards!!!

What fuse is likely to have blown, and where is it?

Luckily was only a mile from home, so been towed back now.

I hate this thing at the moment, nothing but trouble!!

 

u lost all ignition lights?m]no power what so ever?

 

Bet its melted all the wires down the chassis leg when it did you clutch cable.

remove the heat sheild and have a look.

 

Yep.

 

You might well be right. Is that where main power cable goes?

 

if youve had the altenator belt go or the tensioner and its run on the bateery for a bit it could be that?

 

as said check around your clutch cable!but also check your wiring from your positive side on your battery make sure no wires have melted here!specially the small ignition feed one!there was a rework for these years ago from ford!

 

Voltage was fine on the way home, haven't looked at the belts but a multimeter showed over 12 volts in the battery still so its not dead.

 

The blue exciter wire for the alty runs down there....melt thru that and it will just die.

I have had the exact same.

 

Cheers for the help.

Something to go off.

 

All these probs you are having are standard cossie probs when you start to run a bit more power and create a bit more heat.

Take you time and go round the whole engine bay and protect everything that needs protected.

 

Couldnt of put that better myself....

Pete...

 

been there done that, been stuck at the side of the road with a melted something or other, TWICE
just wait til it catches fire! then you really shit it!

 

swear i have seen a heatsheild somewhere that protects the alternator from the turbo,just cant remember where!

 

Check fuse link wires (3 of them) at +ve terminal of battery, and also check your ECU and fuel pump fuse in the engine loom. (These should be behind your ECU cover panel, of they could be under the dashboard in the passenger footwell depending on loom configuration.

 

come to think of that Karl, the first time I melted something it was the voltage reg on the alty which in turn melted the fuse wires at the battery.

 

stickerpaul had a heat wrap.iirc for the wires and cables too ..

I will have a look myself..but search aint that helpfull ATM

 

Cheers for the help, will have a look when I get home.

 

If you get stuck.. Tow it down!

 

It may well end up with you again!

 

Right, just had a look and there's a blown fuse in a bank of 3 for the fuse link wires (see Karl's post further up) next to the battery. It is shorting out confirmed by the multimeter, between the bank of fuses and the chassis. Can anyone say why?

 

Anyone? Its the middle fuse from the bank of 3.

 

Right, the fault I think is in the main power wire that goes between the battery and the rest of the car, starter motor excluded. It is shorting out somewhere after the fuse as the positive side of the loom is shorted to the chassis. There are no obviously melted cables anywhere!!

Its probably a chafed wire somewhere, any common places it could go?

Anyone had this before?