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  1. 17th July 2013, 08:14 AM #1
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    intermittent battery light on puma

    The battery light on my 2012 130 is coming on intermittently. When it comes on the temp gauge and tacho stop working (temp gauge goes straight to top & tacho goes to zero). When the light goes off both gauges bounce back again. Other than that it starts and drives normally. I've had the battery out recently - not sure if it's related. I haven't fiddled with anything else. The battery clamps / terminals are clean and tight. The earth cable is tight where it meets the chassis and gearbox. The little earth lead on the firewall is also tight. Vehicle has only 7000km. Any ideas?
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  2. 17th July 2013, 04:29 PM #2
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    Check your fuses?
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    Been through mud lately ? Chops had something similar happen after playing in the mud , A couple of sprays with the garden hose might help if thats the case
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naks View Post
    Check your fuses?
    Well I fixed it but I'm not sure what happened. Checking the fuses with the multimeter, one of them showed slight resistance. I took it out, checked it, put it back in, held the multimeter on it with the engine running. Whilst doing that, suddenly the ultragauge sprang back to life (had said "scanning" the whole time) and now all's well again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wally View Post
    Well I fixed it but I'm not sure what happened. Checking the fuses with the multimeter, one of them showed slight resistance. I took it out, checked it, put it back in, held the multimeter on it with the engine running. Whilst doing that, suddenly the ultragauge sprang back to life (had said "scanning" the whole time) and now all's well again.
    I have had the UltraGauge actually cause the same issue you are having more than a few times, I just unplug the cable and plug it back in and it is all good, only happens though when I plug it in after it has been running without it in, if you know what I mean.

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  6. 19th July 2013, 05:08 PM #6
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    I found if you've unplugged the Ultragauge and plug it back it but start the engine without waiting for the "Scanning..." screen to finish you can get a random Xmas tree of lights on the dash, they blink and come on seemingly randomly, battery is a popular one though.
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    It looks like the ultragauge might be the culprit then. So the lesson is probably - if you're disconnecting your battery, unplug your ultragauge first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wally View Post
    It looks like the ultragauge might be the culprit then. So the lesson is probably - if you're disconnecting your battery, unplug your ultragauge first.

    I had exactly the same problem last week. Took my battery out to be replaced with new one. Turned on ignition and started - battery light remained on, no tacho, power all over the place (I have a BAS remap). Twigged that could be ultragauge - disconnected it - started car and all back to normal. Replugged in UG and let it do its scan thing and then took off. What a relief to find such as simple solution when you have no electrickery knowledge at all....
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  9. 22nd July 2013, 08:25 PM #9
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    Wired, I run a SCII and have disconnected my batteries heaps of times with no issues?

    Maybe I just lucky?
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  10. 24th July 2013, 06:59 PM #10
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    Yeah, I too have had this. From memory I had the ultra gauge plugged into my wife's VW. Then I plugged the ultra gauge into the defender and started it up and drove down the road about 3 kms then the battery light started flashing and the rev counter dropped down to zero. Also the traction control light came on and stayed on. Suspecting the ultra gauge I pulled it out as I was driving along. This solved the rev counter and flashing battery light. I didn't have time to stop and check it out immediately but about 40 km down the road I turned the engine off and waited for 2 minutes then switched the engine back on and the traction control light went out. Problem solved.

    Probably best to let the ultra gauge finish its scanning mode thing before moving off?

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