gertygutbucket Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Hi I am new to this site and have ony had my 2001 1.9tdi galaxy for 7 months and have recently had problems with the brakes, which would not press down when I rolled to a stop. The local Garage could not find a thing wrong other than the rear brake disks corroded, but pads were fine. Then this morning I reveresed out of my parking space and noticed my ABS light was still on then turned the engine off to see if when turning it on it would go, this time my engine did not start. I put it back into the parking space as I had hardly pulled out. My neighbour used jump leads to start it but then the handbrake light beeped, ABS stayed on the indicators/lights and wipers would not work and it would not restart, again, once I had turned it off. Also I had not left lights/radio on so could not see why it had all conked out? My brother said its the the electrics as the battery isnt giving enough power to them due to the alternator not charging the battery. A bit of relief but everywhere I look Alternators and Batteries are extortionate! Does anyone know of any good/cheap sites to look at please? Thankyou! I am lost without my Gerty as she used to run really well and I have a large family to carry around. B) Quote
jkspoff Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Hi, welcome to the site, I have recently had my alternator refurbished for a fraction of the cost of a new one, when the pulley faulted. Try a local garage to see if they can send it off for repair or replace it with a reconditioned one at a fraction of the cost, make sure it comes with a new alternator pulley too as these are prone to failure. Quote
gregers Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 are you sure its the alternator and not the battery itself?apparently batteries when they start to fail do all sorts of weird and annoying things?have you had the alternator checked for output iirc its around 14 volts,do a search on here for more info. Quote
gertygutbucket Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Posted November 14, 2009 Hi the battery is new apparently, thing is I tried looking for a serial number on the alternator but its so low down I cant see it. Also I am not sure if its 90amp or 120amp? Its a Zetec Model. If that makes any difference. I have found two RTX online with the engine code of AUY but as I said one is 90amp and the other 120amp. My stepdad can fit it but we need it for wednesday desperately. Quote
lilbob Posted November 22, 2009 Report Posted November 22, 2009 if the price of the wiper motor is anything to go buy then no it wont be cheep my advice is get a kidney listed on ebay to pay for it Quote
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