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michaelpotter · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 22:31 Post subject: glowing lights

Good evening one an all,
just taken the wives 2.8 swb down the road to fill her up Shocked

, on the way back I noticed the ign light and the at light glowing dimley, reving the engine made no differance , she has always started on the button, lights nice an bright, just wondard if anyone had has this before? Its a twin battery system,maybe the alternater is on the way out? do they just fail or is it a slow process? many thanks in advance for any help....mike

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Podge · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 22:37 Post subject:

Time to put a voltmeter across either battery while its running to see what is happening.

Dmcmylor · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 22:52 Post subject:

Have a read here

michaelpotter · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:48 Post subject:

Thanks I'll dig the DVM out this weekend.....

Dmcmylor · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 14:43 Post subject:

Check your batteries individually too. If one is bad it will bring the good one down with it. If replacing, do it in pairs of the same type and size Wink

michaelpotter · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:02 Post subject:

checked the voltage this weekend, it was good....it was charging with the lights still glowing,about 14.33 volts, on tick over and reving it...so this leads to maybe a fault with gearbox?? what does the AT light mean,is it low on oil? level looks fine on dipstick, maybe the sender unit?? seems temp related as its fine on start up , then the lights begin to flicker/glow after about 5 min.....that is the AT and ign lights....do you think the atf needs changing (never done it).....thanks...mike

dhammika · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:25 Post subject:

It is to indicate that AT temperature is too high, but since this happen only after 5 minutes without heavy load or anything, I guess illumination is not due to high AT temperature.

I'm not sure what you mean by ign light?, Are you referring to charging indicator?

michaelpotter · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:12 Post subject:

yes ...the 2 red lights in the dash (ign and at)..both flicker/glow at the same time..

dhammika · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:24 Post subject:

Scroll down and you will see two images of the indicator lights, which one are you referring?

http://www.pocuk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=75065&sid=ce2b148a0d51935b8841b98d682e6239

michaelpotter · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 15:30 Post subject:

its the one with the battery on it,but it is charging.....

dhammika · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 16:20 Post subject:

AT light and chg light both are connected to the charging system (AT light is activated from ELC 4AT control ECU as well). So I guess this is related to the charging system.

There is a two wire socket connected to alternator. Please check if the connector is tightly fit there. If that is not fixing your problem, then try to measure the voltage of the white wire connected to that socket. it shoul read a voltage >12v when engine is running. You will be able to do it easily if you insert a wire to the 2nd pin of the alternator relay.

If you need the relay location and the pin layout let me know. i will be able to give you the wiring manual.