Looking for some advice on what I can check myself. I may well be able to get the RAC to have a look depending on what my cover includes.
I was on the motorway and the car dropped into a kind of limp mode. It would struggle to get near 70 and any incline then 50 was top whack. No warning lights so I decided to try and get home and get it looked at there. Plodded along for a good distance without a problem and then the engine warning light popped up and the power died completely. In a hailstorm I decided to take a look, I have a synergy and pierburg MAF so decided to turn the power right down and wouldn't restart at all. Back to 7 and fired up, no warning light and another 20 miles without a problem, then all of a sudden it died again and wouldn't restart.
The recovery truck driver diagnosed an alternator?!?!?
My only experience of something similar is when I had no synergy and the MAF went. I'm trying to find the original MAF and see if it runs ok with that and no synergy. I've checked all the hoses, etc but nothing obviously amiss.
Anything else I can check, any suggestions what could be the problem?
Thanks
I was on the motorway and the car dropped into a kind of limp mode. It would struggle to get near 70 and any incline then 50 was top whack. No warning lights so I decided to try and get home and get it looked at there. Plodded along for a good distance without a problem and then the engine warning light popped up and the power died completely. In a hailstorm I decided to take a look, I have a synergy and pierburg MAF so decided to turn the power right down and wouldn't restart at all. Back to 7 and fired up, no warning light and another 20 miles without a problem, then all of a sudden it died again and wouldn't restart.
The recovery truck driver diagnosed an alternator?!?!?
My only experience of something similar is when I had no synergy and the MAF went. I'm trying to find the original MAF and see if it runs ok with that and no synergy. I've checked all the hoses, etc but nothing obviously amiss.
Anything else I can check, any suggestions what could be the problem?
Thanks