Project Freeze My Ass Off (rear Poly Bush's Astra G)
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hey j thanks for your help to
it will be later on but my air filter never came from opieoils so looks like i might end up going to halfrauds to get one instead then sort out a water pipe for the top hose
Playing catch up here. I'm on my 3rd gel battery. The 1st one just couldn't cope with the heat after 8 weeks and split, the 2nd lasted 4 years and now on the 3rd. I can't just leave the car for weeks on end without it being on a trickle charge. Don't think this is anything to do with the SC conversion. It was like it at PVS before the conversion going back years ago in 2007 IRRC. I reckon its more to do with the electric rear window conversion that I did. Something isn't quite right?
thats another reason for me to fit a proper acid batter in the engine bay it cost less and will start the car after being stood for a weekend
putting a acid battery in the boot is bad when the car is running the battery is giving off flammable corrosive gases and unless vented properly will make the boot rusty it recommended to put the battery in a sealed fiberglass box with a vent to outside
used to have a 110ah diesel battery in the boot to run my stereo stuff that was sat in a fiberglass tray and had a vent pipe fitted that was pushed to outside thru the seat belt bolt hole
air filter (rickspeed £25 jobbie) in hand but cant do s**t till the rain does one
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pottsey
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which one you got carl
pottsey
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you going over the snout or round itan off cut from a vectra c
z22se-fan
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This remembers me off when my alternator was failing. Yours is ok, but does the belt sit tight enough on the pulley? Does it make any squeeling noises?
vx-chris
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That's ok you now have an excuse if you get pulled over for speeding "sorry officer my dash just stopped working"
belt is on the alternator pulley i have no squeaking will check the charging voltage now
only thing i did with the alternator was use the 100amp back plate and cut that one so if i ever needed to put mine back together i could just put the 120 cover back on maybe the suppressor is dead in the 100am cover you think that would cause this issue?
i took it out for a spin and ive already had complaints i was only in 1-2 just bliped it in the village and some old twat said to me mom i should be arrested for driving like that lolThat's ok you now have an excuse if you get pulled over for speeding "sorry officer my dash just stopped working"
i know where he lives so gonna go rev the s**t out of it outside his door then when he comes out say "" just cause my car makes noise dont mean im doing mack 6 now f o
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z22se-fan
Regular Member
It sure looks like an alternator related issue. What's the voltage? Don't think a faulty suppressor will cause this...belt is on the alternator pulley i have no squeaking will check the charging voltage now
only thing i did with the alternator was use the 100amp back plate and cut that one so if i ever needed to put mine back together i could just put the 120 cover back on maybe the suppressor is dead in the 100am cover you think that would cause this issue?
z22se-fan
Regular Member
All battery cables ok? Did you use a new / refurbed 120a alternator? Might be worth changin with the old 100a one to rule things out
the car came with 120amp and given that they were the same size when measured with the calipers i used the 120 from the car just modded the rear case off the 100amp that i had kicking around and put that on my 120 amp
i will need to check all the cables i think i may have missed one
i will need to check all the cables i think i may have missed one
the answer to that is yes
and the progress of the car is i won't be going to work in it tomorrow
took the nut off the alternator and wedged the multimeter probe in there it was all over the shop it was erratic and i saw a 19v at one point so turned it off
next step is to take the alternator off and see why the regulator is not working now
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