Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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basically I went to start her up, and the battery was dead.
so got some jump leads on the case, and she fired up first time.
then, the next time I go to start it, the same thing, no power, again cured with jump leads...??
There is a whirring sound coming from the altenator, which has only come about in the last few days... but surely if the altenator was ****ed, then it wouldnt charge the battery at all, and it wouldnt drive for any period of time?
Also, at low revs, my digi-dash rev display goes all over the place, flickering up to 7k, although the engine doesnt...?
my first thoughts were there must be an earthing problem, so removed the power leads for my sounds.. but no difference...
there must be a drain on it somewhere though surely??
Help me please...!
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
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start the engine and put a multimeter on the battery it should read more than 12v .
it not the battery has collapsed. a fucked battery can cause the dash and other electrical componants to go crazy
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Ditch
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Cheers for the reply 
should of said, the battery is less than two months old... and its pretty heavy duty!
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Nic Barnes
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check the altinator earth that runs from the altinator to the inlet manifold. its on a bolt that goes through the slider belt adjuster deeley whatever its called. had snapped off on mine.
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Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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rev counter not working, battery not charging and whiring noise.....
all idicate the alternator is cream crackered...
swap it for another 1... what enigne is it?
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X 60RSA
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Careful using jump leads, alot of the electrical items in mine went bang after jump leads were used! Small chance but it can happen!
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Ditch
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Cheers for your input chaps... I will report back...!
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Ditch
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quote: Originally posted by muppetsport
check the altinator earth that runs from the altinator to the inlet manifold. its on a bolt that goes through the slider belt adjuster deeley whatever its called. had snapped off on mine.
theres the problem...
cheers
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