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djinuk
03-04-2009, 09:24
On my way to work this morning, i noticed my battery light flickering on every so often, mostly so on bumps. On idle it is on virtually constant unless you hold the revs above 1.5krpm in which case it flashes on and off intermittently. Any ideas what this could be? The battery is virtually new.
BriC
03-04-2009, 09:28
Could be a slipping alternator belt.
gtmatt
03-04-2009, 09:32
could be alt not charging ,or voltage reg bushes worn out ??:)
sphinX
03-04-2009, 09:59
Mine did that, turned out to be a loose wire. You have a yellow and brown? wire that goes into the alternator near the radiator side. I made the connection better and sorted it
BriC
03-04-2009, 10:06
Mine did that, turned out to be a loose wire. You have a yellow and brown? wire that goes into the alternator near the radiator side. I made the connection better and sorted it

Yeh - I've had that as well
jure
03-04-2009, 11:51
Bad earth maybe...
Frix
03-04-2009, 12:01
Mine did that, turned out to be a loose wire. You have a yellow and brown? wire that goes into the alternator near the radiator side. I made the connection better and sorted it


must be common, i had this problem!!
James_Surridge G1 5 GTT
03-04-2009, 13:28
If there is a universal connector at the top ensure all the connections are clean.
J$£5GTT
03-04-2009, 14:11
check your connections/wiring,i had flickering battery light an it was just
the connector on the alternator,take a look at that maybe
:agree:
djinuk
03-04-2009, 15:03
Thanks folks, ill take a look at the problem over the weekend, along with my timing cover leakage. :)
scratcher
03-04-2009, 18:48
I had this, also from a loose connection. It was old alarm wiring under the dash and it was smoking and looked as though it was about to light up. Melted an old conecter block and everything!
Os8472
03-04-2009, 19:30
Have you checked the connection on the back of the starter, its worth a look as the old exhaust bracket may be catching the live back there
Junglist
07-04-2009, 11:23
allmost cert it will be a loose wire on alternater bud
djinuk
07-04-2009, 11:32
fixed this, was indeed a spade terminal wriggled off
mr bean aka pete
07-04-2009, 20:39
had the same problem just the other day and also was a broken wire :) just a new spade connector and away i go again