Another R32 Alternator Problem!

[Greasterman]

Hi all, i have recently aqquired a R32 and the battery light was on, asked the previous owner and he says its been on for weeks!! that arfternoon it died and after some voltage checks with the multimetre, i found the alternator putting out 9v. chucked a alternator on from the wreckers it shows 13-14v on the dash but my turbo timer has a volts reader thingy on it too and it starts at 11v then slowly drops like its not actually charging the battery. at about 2000rpm it sits steady. then when i accelerate and apply some little bit of boost it starts to drop volts according to the turbo timer. my volts gauge in the dash is always between 13-14v can any one help or got any ideas???

thanks Reec0e

[Moodles2]

Try cleaning up the chassis earth

[mr031]

check the contections at the battery aswell and clean them up

[Stevoss]

Hi all, i have recently aqquired a R32 and the battery light was on, asked the previous owner and he says its been on for weeks!! that arfternoon it died and after some voltage checks with the multimetre, i found the alternator putting out 9v. chucked a alternator on from the wreckers it shows 13-14v on the dash but my turbo timer has a volts reader thingy on it too and it starts at 11v then slowly drops like its not actually charging the battery. at about 2000rpm it sits steady. then when i accelerate and apply some little bit of boost it starts to drop volts according to the turbo timer. my volts gauge in the dash is always between 13-14v can any one help or got any ideas???

thanks Reec0e

depending on where you have your turbo timer wired in you may be getting a voltage drop, because its probably not straight off the battery.

[Greasterman]

Thanks for the replys guys I got the alternator refurbished cost me 190 and I also ordered a new one in for a spare. Next on the list is the speedo cable!