Ford Fiesta '52' 1.4- Not chargingArchived Message
Posted by Nick Bell on June 18, 2008, 6:35 pm
Hi All, Called by garage this morning. New alternator fitted elewhere but not charging. I trawled archives earlier and thought I knew enough to carry out conclusive tests. When I arrived read codes, found a lot including something about generator. Having read Ford Elekie post on testing these I disconnected 3 pin plug and found there was no output from alternator i.e. at 11.5V with engine running. Said to garage owner that seemed though alternator faulty as no output, and should be running in 'LOS' mode with loom disconnected, and that I would check on this and call him back! He's just phoned to say he found broken wire in alt. loom (which I read about during trawl), repaired it and all is now working fine. Anyone know what's going on? Are there some exceptions to the Ford Elekie test, or have things changed since he detailed this procedure, or have I just misunderstood??