jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/11/13 07:16 AM Share Posted 17/11/13 07:16 AM G'day guys, decided to take the turbo out for a drive this morning, got about 300m down the road and this come up with charge fail. I'm assuming this will be the alternator which is pretty disappointing considering the car only has 60k on it. ( it's a 2009 fg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas98 Member 1,046 Member For: 12y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 17/11/13 08:20 AM Share Posted 17/11/13 08:20 AM battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/11/13 01:03 PM Author Share Posted 17/11/13 01:03 PM Don't think so only replaced it like 7 months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 12y 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/11/13 09:17 PM Share Posted 17/11/13 09:17 PM Don't you have a massive stereo in it? When I was running 1500wrms to a car stereo it killed batteries every 3 months or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 18/11/13 12:55 PM Author Share Posted 18/11/13 12:55 PM Yeah fair enough then, I'll throw a new one in tomorrow and see how it goes. Car starts fine etc. it's just the charge failure light comes on when ever it's started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/13 11:47 AM Author Share Posted 21/11/13 11:47 AM Turns out it is the alternator. Getting it fixed on Tuesday, pretty piss poor performance by ford, alternator shouldn't go with less than 70k on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 12y 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/13 12:41 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 12:41 PM Balls. WhTs the price? Any symptoms other than the warning on the dash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 22/11/13 11:41 AM Author Share Posted 22/11/13 11:41 AM Nah mate the light just come on so I took it too my old workshop, unplugged the alternator and connected it To a computer it was supposed to put out 13.5v when after a voltage drop which it didn't so that means the alternator is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobmitchell92 Donating Members 370 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 22/11/13 11:42 AM Author Share Posted 22/11/13 11:42 AM And my old work is doing it at cost price so $320 for a factory ford alternator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 12y 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/04/14 11:13 PM Share Posted 14/04/14 11:13 PM Aand now it's my turn for the dreaded charge fail. f*ck. Charge fail when taking off and voltage won't go over about 12v.. Gotta be alternator right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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