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It's a brave new world. Policing driving without regard for context, or correctness of data reporting. I think I've probably peaked at 2019 registration year and I can find no excitement for modern cars at all.
Depending on when the belt was done, how the cars been stored and whether you're paying for the work to be done or doing it yourself, I'd just do the belt, it's time expired, not mileage. Certainly I'd leave the dephasor (plenty will disagree). Tensioner and idler rollers I'd inspect for rust...
Yeah agreed!
Battery voltage is good, and I've tried it with a battery charger connected to elevate it a little too.
Main earths are also good (battery to body is new, gearbox to body was cleaned up when the box was out for a recent clutch, Main engine loom to body shares a post with the...
I'm not sure I follow, most alternators are fed +12v to excite them (and the battery light is in circuit) and once generating the bulb sees +14v from both sides and the light goes out - so the 'exciter wire', alternator control, warning lamp are all the same thing. Does this work differently...
Edit: Who knew there was a time limit on editing posts? Not me. Could a kind admin overwrite the first post for me?
Hi everyone,
I have some strange faults on my 2002 172 ph2 which may or may not be related, so bundling them here for advice
1) My alternator exciter wire is live all the time...
Hi everyone,
I have some strange faults on my 2002 172 ph2 which may or may not be related, so bundling them here for advice
1) My alternator exciter wire is live all the time, I posted about this previously [here] and haven't found the fault, I've simply left it unplugged meantime and the...
If you dont use it often, no matter the quality of the battery, you will forget to disconnect or trickle charge it and kill it.
Halfords battery, find someone with a trade card. I'll take a 3 year warranty over a (maybe) higher quality battery in the circumstances.
I've got the usual play in the gearstick in my clio and I'd like to address it but not sure how best to and most threads are from a while back.
I had a BMS Shifter on my track car in the past but these (along with megane scenic housings) seem to have dried up
Yanoo's stiff shift seems to have...
Hi Folks,
My 2002 Ph2 172 started flattening its battery, some investigation later and there was a 4A drain over the alternator (measured between the alternator post and the large charging cable).
I fitted a used alternator, which seemed to be working at first, but got extremely hot and...
Those weren't new 3k ago IMHO.
That said, they also shouldn't have needed changed on a 22k car, from the electrode shape they're iridium or platinum or similar long life plug - Google reckons ILFR7X8G which fits with the picture. Change interval on a stock car should be 40k+ miles.