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Charging light on - help please!

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Charging light on - help please!

Hey all,

Am still ironing out the last few niggles on my car and another one has popped up this evening.

I started the car and there was a screech from the fan belt (Brief and not very loud) and they charging light wouldn't go out. I stopped and checked the belt tension and it was fine. I have also recently replaced the voltage regulator.

Does anyone have any ideas what it could be, other than the obvious, e.g. "Don't be such a cheapskate and just buy a new alternator o!"

Any words of wisdom much appreciated :)

o :)

Too many to list but 2 x 1982 Golf GTi 1.6 hatches are the main ones

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You need to have the alternator checked , have you checked the wiring to it ?

Get a digital meter and see how much power it is sending to the battery , any thing below 14 volts with the engine on fast tickover and she may be kaput

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should the reading on the multi meter also go up as you rev the car?
Im having  a similar problem too.
Car not running 11.97 volts
Car running 13.60 volts
It shows no increase as you rev it.
Would this mean a kaput alternator?
Sorry to add to your thread with another question O!
Cheers
Sam

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13.60 okay ……………what i should have put is higer than 12v no more than 14.8v . revving the car will make no difference .

Cheers…………

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Got my new alternator from crazyquiff today, fitted it and the car starts better after a run and the light no longer comes on at all.
Would def suggest a new one mate, especially at ?35 from him, Eliminates it if nothing else at that price.
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