Guest jw73 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 as above was driving to bristol airport yesterday an the battery light came on on dash so checked alternator belt an connections all fine, i have now checked all fuses and conections and nothing seems to b wrong th car still starts but still no ignition lights unless i switch my lights on then they come on dim , start the car and switch the lights on and the green relay buzzes but if i put the lights on to main beam the rlay stops buzzing but the main beam light does not com up on the dash. any help much appreciated cos im well stumped thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sybluese Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Try this. Take the relay out and give it a good shake and see if there is water in it. If there is just dry it out, i used a hair dryer, then spray some wd40 into the connections for the relay in the fuse box. Im only guessing its water ingress though so if this doesnt apply im sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jw73 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 as above was driving to bristol airport yesterday an the battery light came on on dash so checked alternator belt an connections all fine, i have now checked all fuses and conections and nothing seems to b wrong th car still starts but still no ignition lights unless i switch my lights on then they come on dim , start the car and switch the lights on and the green relay buzzes but if i put the lights on to main beam the rlay stops buzzing but the main beam light does not com up on the dash. any help much appreciated cos im well stumped thanks also noticed brake lights not working along with rev counter and temp gauge main beam also not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markeyboy Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 sorry to be the bearer of bad news but i think ur alternaters knackerd m8, same thing happened to my fiesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robman1 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 yeh sound that way to me too, alternators are cheap on ebay though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markeyboy Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 and its only normally the diode pack on the alternator that dies, the rest is normally fine, but the car spares shop dont normally tell ya that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jw73 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 :throw: had alternator checked an that was fine checkd fuse box an connctions again all lookd ok but but 2 relays gtting quite hot blue an green one anyone know what they are for? :throw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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