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Weird dash light after alternator change
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:20 pm
by ddoubledanny
I decided today to change my alternator for one I had lying around as my alternator at the moment was only giving me 13 volts on idle and just over 11 on start up and was fluctuating quite bad. All went well fitting even managed to refit my poly insert engine mount
But on the way home 2 dash lights came on
Volt gauge was showing 14 volt on idle which is much better than before
Any one know what these lights mean
Camera quality is poor but the light on the right is a battery
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:21 pm
by nitin_s1
Catalytic convertor light?
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:24 pm
by ddoubledanny
Weird I never had that light since I bought the Lude and I don't have cat converter neither lol
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:29 pm
by mercutio
maybe where the last owner earthed the cat temp sensor has now come apart
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:30 pm
by mercutio
the other one is your battery light
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:43 pm
by honda-hardy
one is cat temp over heat warning and the other is battery
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:53 pm
by mart609
Cat light - needs re-earthing if your cat had been removed
bettery light? make sure your on alternator everything is tightened up and check earths?
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:06 pm
by ddoubledanny
Will check tomorrow bit weird that the cat light came on after I swapped alternators
The battery light could be an earth as mart said
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:08 pm
by bennyboy
Check the big fat plug that goes into the alternator - I had similar symptoms a little while back and found that plug had a habit of working its way loose, as the little 'clip' had broken, pretty common I believe.
I wondered if it might be compounded by my poly engine mounts....which of course you have too
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:13 pm
by ddoubledanny
bennyboy wrote:Check the big fat plug that goes into the alternator - I had similar symptoms a little while back and found that plug had a habit of working its way loose, as the little 'clip' had broken, pretty common I believe.
I wondered if it might be compounded by my poly engine mounts....which of course you have too
Yes bud I will check that aswell