battery light flashing now on permanent

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

hi guys got a bit of a problem on my motor where the battery light is flashing and turned off the engine and restarted it now the batt light is on permanent any ideas? i got a 125ps 2.4 tddi transit jumbo

[thunderider]

is the battary going flat? if not its probablly the dmf??? wires broke...like mine!!

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

battery is ok for now but i got a hunch the alternator not charging im goin to have a look in the morning

soon as i hit about 50 the batt light just flashes weird

[mcdub]

had a similar problem. battery light was flashing on and off, if I dropped into 2nd and reved it disapeared, took it into garage and they said I needed a new alternator belt, got one fitted and problem went.

same thing about 3 months later and after about 3 days of driving the light came on permanently - van was still fine for a week - should`ve taken it to a garage but I was at the top of the mountains doing a ski season.
transit eventually packed in - cut out completely and had to be towed. All down to the alternator packing in. cost me 570E i the end so would def get your alternator checked out properly.

[thunderider]

Andy theres a place down oxted road hamstsead way who recon/test altenators,not far from you,or the bloke oppersite the malt shoval on newton road who does the battaries migt test em???.

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

cheers guys ill take it down and find out today dont fancy being stranded out in the sticks!

[Frag]

Had this with light flashing, flashes less often when revved up, usually one way clutch on front pulley of alternator failing,not generating enough charge to put out lamp.
Remove fanbelt,put something thru front of alternator to wedge internal fan blades & lock alternator, turn pulley by hand it should then only turn 1 way,locking solid when turning the other.
If it spins both ways,alternator clutch is u/s not transmitting drive.

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

cheers frag i noticed it was making a squealing noise now and again are they easy to sort out?

[Frag]

Was it flashing with some sort of pattern,if so prob. clutch assy,if flickering/no pattern to it could be wiring fault/rubbed thru somewhere.
I`ve seen the pins corrode at the 3 pin connector & wiring rub/break over the plastic cover on top front of engine.
Squeaking is usually just the belt getting worn.
Check the belt auto tensioner above alternator though, the bearing fails & throws the belt off which can then jam behind P.A.S pump pulley & fill alternator
You can usually see when its on its way out cos belt starts running towards front of pulley & there`ll be a "shiny" area where it used to run.Belt should be level with rear edge of pulley thereabouts.

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

if i turn the engine over it goes off then it re appears when i get over a certain speed about 45 it starts to flash im dreading the price lol are the clutch assys cheap to buy?

[Frag]

Clutch not available seperately as far as i know.

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

oh well looks like a trip to the refurb place then thanks for your help its much appreciated

[thunderider]

have a little check of the alt wires they maybe corroded,its best the come off in ur had with the ig off,as if they spak itll fry the alt...

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

cheers ill try that one too dont really want to fork out for a new alt if i can help it

[TARMAC TERRORIST]

hi guys i had chance to strip alternator off the van today and tested the alt

when i spin the outer part of the pulley the inner part dont move as much is the clutch mechanism fooked?