lil_gibbo89

Active Member

• Oct 1, 2009

• #1

Hi all, got my rr back today drove it home and thought id take it through the car wash on way home everything was fine untill i got it home and came to go back out battery was dead !! any ideas please help

thanks, appreciate it

 

lil_gibbo89

Active Member

• Oct 1, 2009

• #2

also i have jumped it off another car took it out for a good drive, left it running for over an hour and battery was still flat, now im thinking alternator but how wiould this relate to the car wash, also whilst driving through the car wash i noticed the battery light flash a few times :/

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Oct 2, 2009

• #3

Could just be a bad connection, so before you lash your cash on a new alternator check the connections on the back of the alternator are clean and tight.

 

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Cossie David

New Member

• Oct 2, 2009

• #4

You must not get thease 4x4 off road vehicles wet, they dont like it, why do we Range Rover owners put up with it, the Top Gear gang left a Toyota in the sea for the night and it started in the morning, get in a Range Rover with wet shoes and the becam plays up.

Sorry for the rant and invading the thread but it so annoys me when someone has a proplem with a Rangie when it got wet

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Oct 2, 2009

• #5

Cossie David said:

You must not get thease 4x4 off road vehicles wet, they dont like it, why do we Range Rover owners put up with it, the Top Gear gang left a Toyota in the sea for the night and it started in the morning, get in a Range Rover with wet shoes and the becam plays up.

Sorry for the rant and invading the thread but it so annoys me when someone has a proplem with a Rangie when it got wet

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Aah it's cos they are designed as American cruisers, not serious off road vehicles. The off road bit is just an image thing:doh:

 

lil_gibbo89

Active Member

• Oct 3, 2009

• #6

Thanks for the input guys but it was my alternator that had gone :/ my mechanic swapped it did his tests, we just cant understand what the car wash had to do with it, ohh well all is well now.... whats next !

 

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gavbriggs

Well-Known Member

• Oct 3, 2009

• #7

prolly coincidence or maybe a wire got wet and finally killed the already failing alt??