mrtask
Well-Known Member
My old banger set a new record today; it was the first time I've had to make three calls for roadside assistance in just one week! It seems that the alternator isn't returning any charge whatsoever to the battery, which I must've run pretty much completely empty before finally conking out. No chance of restarting, it barely turned the engine over once. The lesson learnt being not to just ignore the red IGN light if it stays on and keep driving on regardless.
The lingering but faint burning smell, which I had wrongly attributed to the shiny silver high temperature paint I used on my freshly refurbished exhaust, was probably the alternator melting down inside, or something! Hindsight is marvellous. Having checked and re-checked that it wasn't my fuse box melting again I had just carried on motoring, thinking that pesky burning smell would soon go away. Doh!
I do hope I can charge the battery back up and carry on using it, and that it isn't now knackered. Here's also hoping the alternator can be repaired. I'll report back on Monday, after I get a professional diagnosis. Guess I'll be back on my bicycle this weekend. Serves me right, I suppose.
The lingering but faint burning smell, which I had wrongly attributed to the shiny silver high temperature paint I used on my freshly refurbished exhaust, was probably the alternator melting down inside, or something! Hindsight is marvellous. Having checked and re-checked that it wasn't my fuse box melting again I had just carried on motoring, thinking that pesky burning smell would soon go away. Doh!
I do hope I can charge the battery back up and carry on using it, and that it isn't now knackered. Here's also hoping the alternator can be repaired. I'll report back on Monday, after I get a professional diagnosis. Guess I'll be back on my bicycle this weekend. Serves me right, I suppose.