Getting really stressed out..........

[bigdaveshirt]

Hi Maestro
I am beginning to lose my faith in my beast, you very kindly gave me the details for my lateral acceleration sensors which I still have not fixed as nobody around my way seems to have the knowledge or the kit, but now my troubles have multiplied, when I first tried to deal with sensors I gave myself a flat battery due to door being open for ages, but no problem as she started after an hour so all was fine I thought, a month later my mechanic phones and says he knows a chap with a diagnostic thingy on his laptop could he pop it over to him so I said yes, on return he said they had no joy but when I went to start the car the following day the battery was stone dead so I got a jump and did my bits leaving it running only to get home after 35 miles and tried to restart and again stone flat,so I had him come over and take battery away for testing only to get a call saying two cells were down,so I ordered a battery had it fitted and all seemed fine two weeks up the road I find I have another flat battery. I had already asked mechanic to look into the clutch/pulley on alternator as it squealed a bit on start up, I just assumed it was under stress due to lack of use hence alternator was working hard, so he gets it to work shop only to phone up and say where is your ignition light I said to be honest I don't know so he said it is not showing so he checks fuses and wire block near battery etc only to find no obvious signs of trouble, so now we are waiting for an auto electrician before we go ahead with an alternator, he has connected another alternator to it but still does not show ignition light. Any clues from your end would be good as so far I am just seeing Ã,£ signs and am not overly happy as I am disabled and need the car. All the best Dave

[insanitybeard]

So are you saying you can't see the battery symbol/ charge warning lamp come on when the ignition is switched on? Has it only ceased to illuminate since your friend/mechanic has been attempting diagnostics on the vehicle?

Not sure if it's related and you say the wiring block near the battery has been checked but the main alternator to battery junction box cable has a tendency to get hot and create a resistance at the battery junction box end crimp connector as it ages- covered
here if you've not already seen it- this will affect battery charging.

[bigdaveshirt]

Well I now have a charge circuit and battery is charging how long for is anybodies guess, thank you for the replies, in fact I had not noticed the ign light had gone off, nor did the so called engine management show a fault even in the electronics side so I am not overly impressed, the regulator in the alternator fail and has been replaced with an old one that could last a week or a year who knows. The main issue is we ordered a replacement 021 903 026 A @150 only to find that marrying it up the bolt holes would not align, so we got another two with the same issue,how can it not fit the car? the second question is where should my oil pressure lamp be I see an oil can come up in centre of dash when I switch on ignition but it goes off before I start so I assume this maybe an oil level sensor, but I am not showing an oil pressure warning lamp. Any clues welcome apart from that it is going like a train.......

[Grant2012]

oil can on start is the oil level warning. fill up the oil! sensor is in the sump and you can get to it from below. had to replace mine last November