29-11-2023, 01:21 PM
Battery light came on yesterday and went off when I restarted. I assumed it was cold weather related and ignored it.
This morning I started it no problems and went inside for a cuppa whilst it warmed up. Opened the door and it smelt of burining rubber/ plastic in the cab. Battery light was back on…
Engine bay stinks of burning smell but no signs of anything obvious. Battery testing fine at 12.6 volts and lights/ radio etc all work but it won’t even try to tick over. Just turn the key and it makes no noise.
So I’m guessing it’s probably the alternator? I read that it can pump too much power through all the cables and that could be the burning smell? I just wanted to try and narrow it down before I fork out for an alt and realise it’s burnt everything out ?
Oh and apologies to Zion who I ignored on my last post, I didn’t have alerts on and have only just seen it from months ago.
This morning I started it no problems and went inside for a cuppa whilst it warmed up. Opened the door and it smelt of burining rubber/ plastic in the cab. Battery light was back on…
Engine bay stinks of burning smell but no signs of anything obvious. Battery testing fine at 12.6 volts and lights/ radio etc all work but it won’t even try to tick over. Just turn the key and it makes no noise.
So I’m guessing it’s probably the alternator? I read that it can pump too much power through all the cables and that could be the burning smell? I just wanted to try and narrow it down before I fork out for an alt and realise it’s burnt everything out ?
Oh and apologies to Zion who I ignored on my last post, I didn’t have alerts on and have only just seen it from months ago.