Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 01:06 pm, by: Greg Wyllie(Bearshead)
I've got a '91 UZZ31 that was sitting for several few months at work, I moved it again 2 months ago to home and all was OK. Power steering fluid was down then.
Tried to start it yesterday, battery was dead so put a brand new one in, it fired up OK but then had a mass of smoke coming from under the car, not the exhaust, I'm assuming p/s fluid on exhaust as it warmed up?
I was going to take it for a run to burn it off however turned it off to double check location of smoke before proceeding.
When I tried to restart, it now comes up with charging error on dash and won't crank over. I know I'm up for a new alternator however Auto Electrician is just 5 mins up the road to drive it there. I don't have any ramps or mechanical experience to remove it myself.
Is there any way I can fire it up to get to Auto Electricians? I've then got a 40 min drive to mechanic to get P/S rebuilt after its running again. Thanks in advance
Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 12:50 pm, by: Greg Wyllie(Bearshead)
Ok....got it going, all good except charge error comes on prior to starting but once started no error messages? If the alternator was not charging wouldn't it show a constant error message? Or am I just running on the battery?
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