Vehicle & Technical > Defender

urgent help

(1/4) > >>

suggs:
got a problem

just been out in the 90 (200tdi) parked it up at the shops for a few hours and come out and batterys totaly dead, i mean not a glimer of life no dash lights etc. its been fine all day and had no problems over the last week and been using most days.

this is were its getting worrying, there was nothing left on to drain it no lights radio etc nothing, i open the battery box and the battery was very hot, checked the levels in it and there ok, i was only 5 mins from home so got a jump start and it fired up and got me home ok.  checked when i got home and again the battery is mega hot to the point you cant touch it for more than a second or two, ive disconected it and its been half and hour and its still very hot but i think its cooling down now.


ive had a quick check of the main cables best i could in the failing light and cant see and problems as there all well out the way on the top of the chassis rail.

i recently fitted a starter motor so had a feel about and the cables arnt loose, i connected the earth to the block to the front of the starter on one of the bolts facing towards the front of the truck i take it thats correct, its been fine up untill now and its been fitted a few weeks, other than that nothing has changed and ive not been off road recently. cant make it out

battery is still flat but giving off about 11v. battery is about 9-10 months old

any ideas

pux:
have u checked the alternator is charging ?? as mine went with no warning at all :-k

suggs:
nah not yet mate to dark now, but would that cause the battery to get very hot..


whats the best way to check if its charging, volt meter on the battery with the engine runing? what should it be reading

Rasbo:
if the batterys getting hot sounds like you've got a short somewhere. check your wiring, esspecially where it goes between the bulkhead and the gbox.

suggs:
yeah thats the first thing i did, couldnt see anything out of place but  need to have a better look.

wonder if its the winch :-.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page