Afternoon all,
Im hoping someone might be able to help me out.....
the other day when i was driving home i got the alternator lights of death, charge and engine bay fan lights only they weren't on constantly they were flashing randomly. also I was getting some pretty odd noises which im pretty sure are the alt bearings, now thats fine as i had the exact same thing about 6 months ago when my last alt went bad (this is supposedly a re-furb unit) but.......
The flashing rather than solid lights have thrown me a little, also when i took off the belt to have a look and ran the car they still flashed in the same way but dimmer, the alt was still connected though.
Also when running i get drops in voltage on the voltmeter at the same time as the engine speed drops slights, like some sort of huge load is being drawn, all very strange, anyway ive asked the guy on ebay for another alternator but just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas.
cheers
jamie