Hi Folks
After a long period of trouble free motoring i finally hit the buffers lol
I covered around 1k miles in her last week but towards the end of my journey i began to have issues with the 12v power sockets in car.In particular high load such as fast charging phones.Anyway i observed my outlet was intermittently dropping to around 12.4v whilst driving then after a minite or two return to a steady 14.1v as normal.There after this process continued so i suspected failed alternator/regulator so have just fitted a brand new one.
All was fine at first then five minites into my drive today it dropped to 12.5v (standing voltage) so clearly there is an issue with the output being cut or interupted from alternator at regular intervals.
Obviously i can rule out alternator as both old and brand new make no difference to issue.Car otherwise runs perfectly with pullies and belts in good order,all electricals work normally and no strange sounds or smells.Also battery is only 12 months old and is strong with a full charge at all times.
So would anyone have any advice before i try and check all wiring etc around the car etc? Perhaps there is another regulator or relay somewhere else? Really strange one this as i cant think why two perfectly good alternators would just intermittently cut supply to the whole car whilst running!
Any thoughts welcome.
K20A6 CM1
After a long period of trouble free motoring i finally hit the buffers lol
I covered around 1k miles in her last week but towards the end of my journey i began to have issues with the 12v power sockets in car.In particular high load such as fast charging phones.Anyway i observed my outlet was intermittently dropping to around 12.4v whilst driving then after a minite or two return to a steady 14.1v as normal.There after this process continued so i suspected failed alternator/regulator so have just fitted a brand new one.
All was fine at first then five minites into my drive today it dropped to 12.5v (standing voltage) so clearly there is an issue with the output being cut or interupted from alternator at regular intervals.
Obviously i can rule out alternator as both old and brand new make no difference to issue.Car otherwise runs perfectly with pullies and belts in good order,all electricals work normally and no strange sounds or smells.Also battery is only 12 months old and is strong with a full charge at all times.
So would anyone have any advice before i try and check all wiring etc around the car etc? Perhaps there is another regulator or relay somewhere else? Really strange one this as i cant think why two perfectly good alternators would just intermittently cut supply to the whole car whilst running!
Any thoughts welcome.
K20A6 CM1
