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the van was sat for a couple of weeks so last nite started it all was good, got up this morning leaving for work when the battery light came on less than half a mile from home but decided to continue on my 75 mile trip to work got there no problem van is driving as before but the battery light stays on?

any suggestions as to what it might be?

thanks

 

altenator belt ok?

 

yeah belts fine mate, i had the battery light come on before (a while back) but it was a broken wire think it was linked to the fan but dnt hld me to that.

what else could through the bat light on?, funkd ALT/BAT?

 

Is it actually charging, oddly enough it still can even with batt light on with certain faults.
Check the charge rate before engine is running and after, revving to around 3000rpm will start it charging so long as alternator is not buggered, whether the charge light works or not, this is the first thing to establish, next with engine stopped remove thin blue wire and the charge light should go out, the IND terminal it goes to on the alternator supplies a earth whilst the engine is stopped, but once running this changes to live so extinguishing the bulb, as two lives don't make light.
If you then with the engine running touch a LIVE onto the IND terminal it should initiate the charge process, if it doesn't the alt is buggered.
tabetha

 

could be the alternator's knackered or at worst the loom itself nr the fuse box. what van is it?

 

what van is it?

 

2000(w) 1.8 55d (non turbo) never even got round to checking the van as per replies before it totaly stop'd dead, no lights no power nothing? i am going to replace the alt/starter but first i will check the fuse/loom etc

will post how i get on, thanks for the replys folks!

 

rite found the + to the alt had corroded at the conector and completely broken of, managed to run a wire from the harnes to the alt, but there was not enouhg power in the bat to fire it up,

will get a bump,s or j,leads when my mate gets home from work as i am on holiday and have no accsess to any tools

cheers

 

sounds like it's going to be an easy and cheap repair! happy days

 

sertainly was my friend, happy days for a change! lol