my cars gone wrong

[Mike Holmes]

Just taken my car for an MOT drove it down to the testing station in Buckingham no problems at all and the car passed its a 3.2 Carrera



But as I went to drive it away , I turned the ignition on and there was no battery light started it up and the battery light came on and the rev counter started to flicker, and the indicators have stopped working everything else seems to work .



Any ideas I was thinking bad earth or something , checked the earth strap underneath by the g/box in the middle off the car that seems ok



This is the first thing that has gone wrong in the yrs I have had it



Any ideas chaps

[thegoose]

Try using a jump lead to replicate the earth strap first of all, if it works, get a new earth strap.

Also, have you made sure your alternator belt is still there?

[Mike Holmes]

thegoose said:

Try using a jump lead to replicate the earth strap first of all, if it works, get a new earth strap.

Also, have you made sure your alternator belt is still there?

Thanks for the reply

yes the belt is there and the earth strap just by the gearbox hasn't broken is there another earth strap somewhere

[thegoose]

Not broken doesn't mean it's definitely doing its job, so try the jump lead I mentioned. Always best to try the simplest things first

Try measuring the voltage across the battery too - should be just over 12volts and increase to around 14volts with the engine running. If it doesn't increase when it's running then your alternator isn't doing its job, check all the connections and if all appears ok then remove it and get it repaired or replaced.

[graemel]

My initial thought is the earth strap. Something tells me there are two.
Ask the chaps on www.impactbumpers.com they are very helpful bunch

[Mike Holmes]

graemel said:

My initial thought is the earth strap. Something tells me there are two.
Ask the chaps on www.impactbumpers.com they are very helpful bunch

Thanks I am on the case with Impact bumpers

Many thanks