Evening all.
while I was away on holiday I booked the van in to have the timing belt and water pump done, also to check out the oil leak, the guy thought before he'd looked it was probably the crank seal as thats common and quoted me about £500 for the lot If it was, I also mentioned that it had its MOT next month so to give it a once over.
He came back to me quickly and gave me a list of things needed for the MOT, decided that was more important than the preventive work for now.
2x ball joints.
Anti roll bar link and bushes.
3 c/v gaiters.
All handbrake cables.
Steel brake pipes.
Rear calliper.
Two front tires.
£520 all in, pretty chuffed with that.
Now to the main question, to be honest not sure why I waffled on about all that first.
I also have a battery light on, the alternator seems to have shat its pants, it was really intermittent so I wasn't worried too much, we agreed that I'd get it done when he does the cam belt next month. After all I only drive it to work and back, 30 mins each way. Trouble is now it's on nearly all the time, I have an intelligent VSR hooked up to my solar panel (180W I think) so if the suns out, the leisure battery is full and I'm driving the sun keeps the main battery between 12.6 and 13.2, so thats all good.
I realised today though I need to make it to dubtoberfest, 3hrs, if the suns not out I'm worried I wont make it, how far can I expect to get with no charge going to the main battery?
I've read about changing the alternator regulator and bushes, about £40, is it worth a punt that may not work and if so how much of a pig of a job is it.
Sorry for the long post.
Cheers.
Ric.
while I was away on holiday I booked the van in to have the timing belt and water pump done, also to check out the oil leak, the guy thought before he'd looked it was probably the crank seal as thats common and quoted me about £500 for the lot If it was, I also mentioned that it had its MOT next month so to give it a once over.
He came back to me quickly and gave me a list of things needed for the MOT, decided that was more important than the preventive work for now.
2x ball joints.
Anti roll bar link and bushes.
3 c/v gaiters.
All handbrake cables.
Steel brake pipes.
Rear calliper.
Two front tires.
£520 all in, pretty chuffed with that.
Now to the main question, to be honest not sure why I waffled on about all that first.
I also have a battery light on, the alternator seems to have shat its pants, it was really intermittent so I wasn't worried too much, we agreed that I'd get it done when he does the cam belt next month. After all I only drive it to work and back, 30 mins each way. Trouble is now it's on nearly all the time, I have an intelligent VSR hooked up to my solar panel (180W I think) so if the suns out, the leisure battery is full and I'm driving the sun keeps the main battery between 12.6 and 13.2, so thats all good.
I realised today though I need to make it to dubtoberfest, 3hrs, if the suns not out I'm worried I wont make it, how far can I expect to get with no charge going to the main battery?
I've read about changing the alternator regulator and bushes, about £40, is it worth a punt that may not work and if so how much of a pig of a job is it.
Sorry for the long post.
Cheers.
Ric.
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