Cat and battery light just came on. wont go off....

Post by **Lude-dude** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:00 pm

I have one from a 5th gen, bought off gillywig while back

my problem was the aircon so never fitted

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:12 pm

There you go James, your a member on just the right forum

2 replacements and diagonsis within a couple hours! All be it your car isn't fixed yet, but its a good excuse to get some under drive pulleys on

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:17 pm

South mims is the closest meet [10th June] you should easily do it by then.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:23 pm

cheers guys. I actually have a spare here on the spare S engine in the garage so i will be removing that tomorrow.

I have gone over everything and re tightened all the new battery connections. the battery is still on charge.

So could the alternator have been on the way out and me relocating the battery to the boot (increasing the cable load to charge) and putting two amps in the boot alonside said battery, pulling quite a few amps (as i rattle find this afternoon, no mid/top just bass

) directly on that cable.....could i have killed it?

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:32 pm

That probably wouldn't of helped the issue no. At least it didn't die somewhere rediculous, blow your header tank and have to get towed to a garage you'd never been to before to be fixed

Like my old turbo astra coupe

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:37 pm

If its gonns die it might as well be in a blaze of glory. Ah was rippin out some wicked D&B all afternoon

so is this something a monkey like me can do? or should i take it to a local backstreet? or is this a PAW only job?

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:46 pm

I would go for local garage but your better with the mechanical stuff than me

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:48 pm

sorry mate but that was rep worthy...

I'll take the spare off and see how that goes I think I can see how it goes on and how you tention the belt.. ill get a better look when im not mildly drunk

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:52 pm

probably a good idea, hammers always find a good use after a drink

Does that mean your going to be taking your type s motor apart?

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:04 pm

Slowly but surely. To be honest its destined for the white one anyway. The white one has an oil burning issue its going to cost a fortune to fix so the engine that i have that, when I hit the tree, was going really nicely

will be transplanted. I am working on plans for this engine at the moment

nothing much just bloody working