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RON
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car cuts out
« on: Sep 27th, 2009, 4:02pm » |
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after fitting a new battery and then discovering it woz only a loose wire on tha alternator .ive now got a new fault the car will cut out while im driving . i could be going 70 on the motorway or 30 in town and it just cuts out . it starts straight away and drives fine but theres no warning it justs dies . ive had a look at the wires but cant see any problems any suggestions
many thanks Ron
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leewar
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #1 on: Sep 27th, 2009, 4:24pm » |
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Sounds like an earth wire loose somewhere
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Jonnycab
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #2 on: Sep 27th, 2009, 5:11pm » |
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Check the small lead on the battery neg is on nice & tight 
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RON
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #3 on: Sep 27th, 2009, 7:10pm » |
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Many thanks to Jonnycab and lleewar, i've been out and checked all wiring and also I have no small lead on neg side of the battery, i've only one big lead on my battery !!!
Would a obd scan find the fault for me??
Many thanks
Ron 
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scorpio_man
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #4 on: Sep 27th, 2009, 7:18pm » |
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hi there
i'd take the battery back out as most times the wee black lead has fallen down out of sight.
hth
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RON
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #5 on: Sep 27th, 2009, 7:25pm » |
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Ahhhh right thanks Scorpio_man, i'll have to check that out in the morning, as its too dark now. But i'll let you know tomoz how i get on. Many thanks again. Regards Ron
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RON
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #6 on: Sep 29th, 2009, 2:59pm » |
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Hi ya , well i went out and checked the small black lead and yes it is connected to the battery, so i'm back to square one, does anyone know if a OBD scan would locate the problem?? Thanks for your replies. RON
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #7 on: Sep 29th, 2009, 3:09pm » |
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The only thing you can do is carefully start checking all the connections slowly and methodically, but I suspect that its the fuel cut off loom that has started to play up, which is a well known fault as the car gets older and may well be coincidence.
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scorpio_man
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #8 on: Sep 29th, 2009, 6:41pm » |
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hi there
it could be this, but before all that, i'd check the fuse boxes are all dry and swap the heated front windscreen relay with the ignition relay.
also, do you have a bundle of keys on your keyring? just a thought.
hth
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Matt
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #9 on: Sep 29th, 2009, 7:01pm » |
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check the alternator is connected correctly, then check the fuses,
on the 16v engines the cam sensor is fairly close to the battery, check that hasn't been knocked
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RON
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Re: car cuts out
« Reply #10 on: Sep 29th, 2009, 10:52pm » |
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Hello again, Well I had chap come to my home today to check out the car with his diagonostics machine and thankfully the result was no major faults with the car, so the chap basically said the same as you all, check some wires here and there and some fuses, so hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to do the above tips and hopefully will get back to you with some answers.....many thanks for all your help.
Regards Ron
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