Alternator Problem

[whitty]

as above really guys any one had this?

 

 

got in the car earlier started it and had "workshop alternator" on the display

 

 

alternator sounded noisy but did about 2 miles and the noise and the message has gone

 

 

anyone know more about the pulley on them i can remember reading something about the pulley having a clutch or something in it

 

 

p.s its a 2002 "52" 115 bhp tdi

 

 

need the car tomorrow so any help would be greatly appreciated

 

 

 

 

whitty

[edatelder]

Put "alternator workshop" in Search Topic window and press search.

Look at thread started by Jackthehat called "Alternator workshop" error? Noisy at idle, last entry 6 Oct by Taliska. It has 110 posts on the subject.

Edited November 4, 2008 by edatelder

[Rusty Nail]

Hi there Whitty

 

I had a similar issue a while back, and there are two possible issues.

 

1) I posted - http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...mp;#entry128728 which covers the alternator pully

 

2) The alternator warning light is most likely triggered by a bad connection caused by the melting of the fuse box just above the NSF headlight. I had to replace the alternator supply cable and the fuse box (takes about 30mins max) and since then I havn't witnessed the return of the warning light.

 

Hope this is of some help

 

Russ