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Bobbit
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possible battery failure
« on: May 16th, 2014, 11:18am » |
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Hi guys,
My 2.3 estate drove and started ok all day, parked up at home and one hour later went to start up and nothing.
All i got was a load of clicking and instruments spinning , i think it could be the battery, but can anyone tell me how to check if the alternator is working ok.
Please tell me in laymans terms, i have a volt meter but not sure what to do.
Don't want to buy new battery if it is the alternator.
Cheers
Bob 
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Scorpio_Mike
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Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0 V6 & 2.8 Sierra XR4i 4x4
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Re: possible battery failure
« Reply #1 on: May 16th, 2014, 11:29am » |
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If the needles flick round it is normally a sign of the battery failing.
If you check in the technical section on this site there is a way of checking the battery voltage on the LCD by following a few simple instructions.
Sadly batteries do just seem to die suddenly these days - had to replace the battery on my Jeep recently, fine one day, dead as a Dodo the next.
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Tompion
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1997 2.3 Ultima estate.
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Re: possible battery failure
« Reply #2 on: May 16th, 2014, 1:34pm » |
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The page Mike refers to is here:
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/instreset.htm
Remember though that the needles always flick round next time you turn on the ignition after doing this even if it's several days later & you've forgotten you did an instrument reset.
Easy to convince yourself the battery is going using this method of checking the voltage if you forget they WILL flick round next time.
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Bobbit
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Re: possible battery failure
« Reply #3 on: May 16th, 2014, 7:11pm » |
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Hi guys,
many thanks for the info,it was the battery.
Thanks A lot for page link Tompion, had no idea you could do that.
once again thanks guys.
Bob
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