alternater or shite battery or what?

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2012 123 happy land, worcestershire/surrey Posts: 798 saxo vtr 2002
    #1
    hi all,

    3 times my saxo vtr wont start. first, i thought it was the sound sys draining th battery as th sound system has its own fuse and is directly attached to the battery;s positive terminal.

    so i use a battery charger to solve that problem

    happened again. same solution

    the third time was after a 2 hours drive and the sound system hooked in during the drive BUT UNHOOKED after.a few days of driving shorter journeys later, it dies again!

    every time it doesnt start, i put th key in to ignite, it clicks once and then nothing.

    the strangest thing is, after taking the battery to charge this time, it started off with more amperes at the start (17A) then 10 hours later(10>A)?! does this pin the problem to bad battery internals or is it a bad alternator possibly a bad charger???

    thanks all, sorry for being long winded or if anyone has to repeat themselves from previous threads. i didnt find them when i looked
  2. Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2012 Bradford Posts: 768 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTR
    #2
    new battery should sort it, mine was doing this sound now after getting a battery
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: May 2011 Colchester Posts: 513 NHB Facelift EP3
    #3
    Get your alternator tested then you'll know.
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr
    #4
    go to halfords and get a battery and alternator check for free.
  5. Established Member Joined: Feb 2010 cardiff Posts: 1414 saxo Vtr
    #5
    i sort of had this problem and found out the alternator was fucked and not charging the battery
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2012 123 happy land, worcestershire/surrey Posts: 798 saxo vtr 2002
    #6
    halford's check and get a new battery, cheers guys. i dont know if this is relevent but when i changed my spark plugs, there's a small black cube at the end of a cable which is at the battery side of the coil pack. does that screw on top of the coil pack or underneath? i def forgot it's original position and dont know what tht things
  7. Established Member Joined: Feb 2010 cardiff Posts: 1414 saxo Vtr
    #7
    if your on about the radio compressor (or what ever it called) then ontop
  8. Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Tadcaster Posts: 331 08 turbo panda 02 vtr
    #8
    I had this problem, took me ages to figure it out.

    My alternator was fine when i checked it with a multi metre, but it turned out that it was a fault with the alternator after all.

    Try replacing it, they are fairly cheap off fleabay
  9. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2012 123 happy land, worcestershire/surrey Posts: 798 saxo vtr 2002
    #9
    i've had a neoughbour home from a late sift and checked that the alternator holds it's voltage. will bear all this in mind, thanks guys!