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Michael White
Tinkerer
Victoria
V8

Posts: 18
Reg: 11-2006

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Friday, April 10, 2009 - 01:14 pm, by:  Michael White (Zeph312) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Good friday, not a mechanic open anywhere, driving home, car starts to rattle and shake, warning lights come on, power drops considerably. Limped home, translated the jap warnings, one say catalitic converter failure, other one says alternator not charging battery, plus there is huge grinding noise and vibrations coming from car(when not in gear). Can anyone shed light on what has happened? and how much it is gonna cost me? of all the days this could of happened it just had to be today! Help me please!
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

Posts: 4215
Reg: 10-2005

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Friday, April 10, 2009 - 04:05 pm, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is your V-Belt still in one piece? Sounds like your alternator may have ceased
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31

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Reg: 11-2004

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Friday, April 10, 2009 - 04:42 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Or the PS pump leaked badly.
Dave Rose
DieHard
wa
uzz31 v8

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Reg: 03-2007

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Friday, April 10, 2009 - 09:19 pm, by:  Dave Rose (Sand_groper) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sorry to hear you are having problems,the grinding noise.. is it from the front of the engine??
Bernard Smith-Roberts
Newbie
ACT
Soarer V8

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 04:59 pm, by:  Bernard Smith-Roberts (Gaze) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

check coilpacks for any loss of power failure.
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 05:20 pm, by:  Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

COil pack failure , possible power steering pump failure ? Pressure line blown on alternator and killed alternator ?
Harry Lemmens
TryHard
Victoria
V8

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Reg: 11-2004

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 06:42 pm, by:  Harry Lemmens (Wombat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Probably, as posted above, its steering pump failure (leaking). The pump can groan when there is not enough fluid... If you search other posts, you will also find that when the power steering pump fails, it fills the alternator with transmission fluid. This ruins the alternator pretty rapidly!

When the alternator fails, you get the cat overheat light coming up.

I have also noticed that when the alternator is dead, the suspension no longer pumps up!

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