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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: John RX7 on January 23, 2010, 05:39:18 PM

Title: Car cut out??
Post by: John RX7 on January 23, 2010, 05:39:18 PM
I\'m a bit puzzled by this one,my battery woulodnt strat the other day,soo i did the usaul charge up yet still had nothing,i changed the battery connected it all up and woolah it started again,its been fine for a few days now,until this afternoon i was driving my girlfriend about parked up got a new cd played came back the car was dead again,so i lifted up the bonnet checked battery and cables and positive was slighty loose,it then started up,ive been driving it about fine,my fear is that it will do it again,i have a idea it could be my alternater but it keep on working would the alternator just stop working,
 
any ideas fellas
Title: Car cut out??
Post by: MaLicE on January 23, 2010, 06:36:58 PM
sort out your power lead, it shouldnt be loose... its prob the clamp has cracked... get a voltage meter and check what voltage you have coming out of the alt when the engine is running.
Title: Car cut out??
Post by: neil_jdmr on January 23, 2010, 10:42:08 PM
It deffo the loose clamp mate i had the same prob a while back and just made a spring coller for the terminal, job sorted.
Title: Car cut out??
Post by: John RX7 on January 24, 2010, 04:29:40 PM
it was a loose clamp just came off pushed it down and made the clamp tighter tahnks fellas