NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 17y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 24/02/13 12:07 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 12:07 PM Hey all,I went to leave work the other day but the car wouldn't start. I'd noticed that it had been getting gradually harder and harder to start over the past few weeks but this time it did nothing.I checked the battery terminals, fluid levels etc but I still had no luck. I finished work about 5 minutes before the local mechanics closed so I raced over with the old battery.Long story, short - They checked the battery and said it was pretty much shagged so I bought a new one as a replacement. Drove home pretty well but it kept wanting to bottom out when I stopped - Not in the way it does with a TB issue as I've had that before. It just pulled up like it was really fighting against itself to go. Feels much worse than usual...I'm guessing it's the alternator as it's really the only other thing I can figure out... It's going into XFT on Thursday but my main concern is how do I get it there? If the battery isn't charging while the car is going, will I make a 30 odd minute drive? Even if I charge the battery right up before I go?Is there a way to test the alternator so I at least know? Any idea's what an alternator would cost me?Sorry about the 'all-over-the-place' question guys.Cheers,Dan Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 11m 21d Gender: Male Posted 24/02/13 08:52 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 08:52 PM If the battery light isnt on chances are alternator is fine, when you have the battery disconnected the KAM (keep alive memory) is reset in the ecu. If the throttle body is dirty this can cause stalling as the ecu needs a clean throttle body to re learn its idle strategies etc.. Try giving it a clean and resetting the kam again. May or may not fix it Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 20y 1m 29d Posted 24/02/13 10:49 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 10:49 PM (edited) If your battery is not charging you should get 30 min out of a fully charged battery, (from my personal experience) but if your voltage drops too low, your tranny could stop shifting etc...This has happened on by BF, when I let the leaking power steering problem go on for too long...it destroyed the alternator...car started acting funny...as in the radio would turn itself off, and then before it pretty much stalled on me, the ZF tranny stopped shifting...Though I think the battery light might have come on, so if your not getting the battery light come on...it could be somthing else. Edited 24/02/13 10:50 PM by boost69 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/02/13 10:55 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 10:55 PM If the battery light isnt on chances are alternator is fine, when you have the battery disconnected the KAM (keep alive memory) is reset in the ecu. If the throttle body is dirty this can cause stalling as the ecu needs a clean throttle body to re learn its idle strategies etc.. Try giving it a clean and resetting the kam again. May or may not fix itgot any experience with a constant kam battery voltage low fault code bionic? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 11m 21d Gender: Male Posted 24/02/13 10:59 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 10:59 PM A what sorry? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 24/02/13 11:07 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 11:07 PM got any experience with a constant kam battery voltage low fault code bionic? Can be fixed using a semi-constant decombobulator.. But only on a Wednesday.. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/02/13 11:19 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 11:19 PM Can be fixed using a semi-constant decombobulator.. But only on a Wednesday..*turbo discombolulatorsrs question, my ba consistently throws a Kam battery voltage low fault code (p1633). Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 24/02/13 11:34 PM Share Posted 24/02/13 11:34 PM problem with windings? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 11m 21d Gender: Male Posted 25/02/13 03:50 AM Share Posted 25/02/13 03:50 AM (edited) Never seen that code before and cant find it in wsm... Sounds battery related Edited 25/02/13 03:51 AM by bionicxr6t05 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 25/02/13 04:04 AM Share Posted 25/02/13 04:04 AM Tells everyone else its a problem with diff bush. deletes post when someone does it to him......mod logic Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84115-i-think-my-alternator-is-shagged/#findComment-1366335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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