Hi all... Disco 4 2014... NZ new 1 month out of warranty...
Friday night 4pm......Auckland motorway NZ...heading to home 4 hrs away.... every warning light started flashing so pulled over and turned off engine. Would not start again. Showing LOW BATTERY, START ENGINE warning. Could not start. Have had 4 new Discos since 2005... so am largely familiar and suspect stuffed battery.
I am only near basic assistance not Land Rover agents.
Questions:
Can basic auto electrician test for stuffed AGM battery?
Can basic auto electrician test for alternator fault on intelligent vehicle?
Can I limp home (on quite remote roads) by grabbing a standard lead acid battery replacement if alternator is OK?
Many thanks for any help..Near enough 40 degrees South!!!
23rd Jun 2017 9:21 am
Nikki
Member Since: 10 Mar 2015
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 140
I would say yes to all your ideas
23rd Jun 2017 10:32 am
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
I'd say yes as well. Important to get home to a telly to watch the All Blacks get stuffed by the Lions. Or will that be when I fall asleep in front of mine and dream that.
Seriously, I'd say you are right in that it's a knackered battery and hopefully any auto battery you could fit, so long as it's powerful enough to crank the engine and start it would get you home.
23rd Jun 2017 10:02 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8196
Yes he can do the tests providing he has the equipment, if the alternator has failed and is shorting to earth it will kill the new battery in minutes, if the alternator is not charging or disconnected a new fully charged battery will last for about 1/2 an hour or 30 miles if you are lucky.
How many cars have failed to start after being cleaned because the radio has been playing It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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