2.1 MV 1989 alternator problems!
Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 21:28
Well i knew it was too good to be true. After 2200 kilometres of trouble free motoring around France the Van broke down today. For the last few months the Van battery light has been coming on when the revs reach around 3750. Despite changing the belts, the problem has still persisted. I asked at Just Kampers before we came away and the guy there said it was fine. I checked it was charging before we came away with the multimeter and it appeared to be fine.
The tension on the belt was fine, but recently the light has been coming on slightly lower down the rev range. Today however on leaving Monaco the battery light came on perminantely and eventually the van conked out when i slowed down at a petrol station. The batteries were both completely dead obviously where they had not been charging. We bump started it again, but then it conked out again when we slowed for a toll booth. Anyway we gave it one more try and the light actually dissapeared and the battery charged up again! So we managed to make it to the Ardeche where we intend to stay for a week, but i fear the problem will re-occur on our travels back up to catch the Ferry. I was just wondering if anyone new what might have caused this? I have some friends flying out and i was going to get them to bring an alternator with them, but when it started working again i wasn't sure whether this was the source of the problem?
If anyone has any suggestions of what to check or what might be wrong i would really appreciate it!
The tension on the belt was fine, but recently the light has been coming on slightly lower down the rev range. Today however on leaving Monaco the battery light came on perminantely and eventually the van conked out when i slowed down at a petrol station. The batteries were both completely dead obviously where they had not been charging. We bump started it again, but then it conked out again when we slowed for a toll booth. Anyway we gave it one more try and the light actually dissapeared and the battery charged up again! So we managed to make it to the Ardeche where we intend to stay for a week, but i fear the problem will re-occur on our travels back up to catch the Ferry. I was just wondering if anyone new what might have caused this? I have some friends flying out and i was going to get them to bring an alternator with them, but when it started working again i wasn't sure whether this was the source of the problem?
If anyone has any suggestions of what to check or what might be wrong i would really appreciate it!