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Old 23rd October 2019, 15:47   #1
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Taking my 90 year old dad to a hospital appointment this afternoon . And nasty smell a whining noise and when I stopped. Smoke from under the bonnet.

First time in 14 years the dizzle has had problem whilst on the move.

Alternator it seems . Managed to get dad to hospital via daughter's cmax, and went home 14 miles amidst lotsa of noise and smoke & red light only came on 2 miles from the house

Mgr stuff just don't last only 16 yrs and 156 k miles . Bet any replacement won't get near that.
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Old 24th October 2019, 10:06   #2
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Any recommendations for a unit with more than a 12 months pointless warranty ..


ta.


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Old 24th October 2019, 10:17   #3
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Which of your four cars is this Chris? Let me guess .... the diesel?

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Old 24th October 2019, 11:02   #4
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Usually smoking is the regulator - you can replace this by itself:
https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/products/rov...95b848df&_ss=r

2 year warranty on those too
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Old 24th October 2019, 11:09   #5
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yup ... rarely had anything go wrong with any of the Zeds well apart from the 1.8





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Old 24th October 2019, 11:14   #6
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Will have it off ( the alt ) today hopefully for a looksee, have got another used one lying about .. so could make a working one out of the two with maybe a new reg. but will check the rings first.


Did look like the smoke was coming from the front tho' unless its the front pulley , thats been under scrutiny for some while , but thats not rattling yet


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Old 24th October 2019, 11:25   #7
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My regulator gave up the ghost in a cloud of smoke too - 20,000 later and she's still going with a new reg
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... - 20,000 later and she's still going with a new reg
I should hope so!
Not being a diesel owner, isn't the problem that engine oil can easily be spilt on the alternator during an oil change?

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I should hope so!
Not being a diesel owner, isn't the problem that engine oil can easily be spilt on the alternator during an oil change?

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That's one of the problems - yes. Another is that the alternator is simply under a lot of loads in the diesels - lots of fuel pumps, injectors that pull a good amount of power and glow plugs taking a chunk of the battery charge each time the engine is started.

The petrol models tend to have a much lower running power requirement, and thus less load on the alternator.
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Old 25th October 2019, 14:09   #10
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Spent a couple hour in the wind N rain today .. to swap over the rectifier pack..
and .... No difference.


The alternator does look a bit wet and oily , seem theres been a tiny weep from a Power steering pipe. so standard stuff ..

Currently attempting the thro' the top method although got wheel and liner outa the away as well .

But in between the weather, really struggling to get at the Power steering bolts ..


Inside at the mo as its piddling down and really windy



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