Weird dash light after alternator change

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:20 pm

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

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:21 pm

Catalytic convertor light?

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:24 pm

Weird I never had that light since I bought the Lude and I don't have cat converter neither lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:29 pm

maybe where the last owner earthed the cat temp sensor has now come apart

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:30 pm

the other one is your battery light

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:43 pm

one is cat temp over heat warning and the other is battery

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:53 pm

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?

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:06 pm

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

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:08 pm

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

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:13 pm

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