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The fact you have that smell, particularly if it is an electrical burning smell, you need to disconnect your cranking battery till you sort out what's going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Discodicky
When the alternator goes in these Land Rovers, it can literally suck the hell out of your cranking battery and damage it as well.
Thankyou for your prompt advice it is much appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by drivesafe
My next door neighbour owns a business in Hobart which specialises in European cars (Audi/Saab etc) and vehicle elec work and in particular is a highly regarded Bosch service agent.
He did all the elec work on the D4 for trailer towing, Anderson plug, etc. so I left it with him at 8 am this morning.
His business is only 4 klms up the road from me near the airport.
This coming weekend is a Long weekend in Tas and I need the car so necessary to get it sorted asap.
Car started fine this morning; I hadn't disconnected the battery as per your advice, simply 'cos I went off line last night before seeing it.
On the drive over the Scanguage fluctuated between 13.8 and 12.2/12.4 but mostly at 12.2V
Intended replacing alternator as preventative m/ance anyway prior to next mainland trip (COVID depending! [bigwhistle]) so I don't feel too bad about the failure except at "only" 150,000 klms, although apparently that's normal?
At least I now know I wouldn't have unnecessarily replaced it..............[tonguewink]
My original alternator went at 132k, though thankfully by way of a charging system fault, coupled with a very confusing system error that had even the expert indie scratching his head for a few days.
Back to today, and I charged the battery up, then ran a replacement battery cycle in the car, because frankly after the other repairs so far this year I really didn’t want to add this.
Started up fine, and happily charging around 14.7v, ramping up from low 12 after starting, just as it should. Phew!
I think you were on the money drivesafe!! And I need to spend less time worrying :-)
On same subject and following on from my stealing of this thread, on Monday last week I dropped it off at my auto electrician who had it all week and couldn't fault the bloody thing!
Around 14.4 V all the time!
Purchased a $19.95 volt meter from Jaycar (which plugs in cig lighter) in order to keep my Scanguage honest, just in case that was the problem, however I feel it was more likely as described by more learned person/s in earlier responses.
Over the recent Long Weekend in Tas I did around 250 klms and it has behaved itself perfectly.
Also had a bit of a think about my comment re the volt meter going backwards, and have come to the conclusion I should probably offer a "mea culpa", in as much as the lovely 1950's voltmeter I have which was my late father's has confusing markings where the red/black leads fit.
I reckon in my haste I put them arse about which culminated in basically putting the wrong lead on each battery terminal!
Duh!!
[bighmmm][bigwhistle]
Once again thanks to all for your input!