Hi John
If you think its electric it could be that the coil is buggered, not giving
enough juice at high revs?
Not sure of a way to test this though (any help from the list?)
Whatever, Halfords sell a Lucas original coil for not much!
The only time I had this sort of problem I had just fitted some free flow
air filters and hence the whloe system was running weak at high revs..
Richer needles and the car started going like stink!
Cheers
Tim
John Hobson wrote:
> It still struggled after I had switched off the lights, but only around
> 3000-4000rpm in 1st & 2nd gears (I didn't get into 3rd because of the
> heavy traffic). It didn't struggle hugely, not like when it totally
> packed up. Still not sure wether this is a mechanical or electrical
> problem. Any other tests you could suggest that I can do with my
> multimeter?
>
> cheers
> John
>
> --- "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi John,
> > did the car stop struggling once you turned off the lights etc?
> > Cheers
> > Tim
> > John Hobson wrote:
> >
> > > I have the standard lucas alternator. As far as I'm aware it doesn't
> > > have an uprated output. It came out of another spit from the
> > graveyard,
> > > the car was a runner. Is there a way of determining the output from
> > the
> > > alternator? What does 'ACU' stand for?
> > >
> > > John & Saskia
> > >
> > > --- Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com> wrote: > > I bought a
> > multimeter
> > > yesterday and checked the battery, the results
> > > > > were:
> > > > >
> > > > > engine not running -
> > 12.9V
> > > > > engine idling, no extras -
> > 16.9V
> > > > > engine revving, heater, lights, wipers, stereo, indicators -
> > 16.5V
> > > > >
> > > > > Which seems to suggest that the battery/new alternator is very
> > > > healthy,
> > > > > although the 16V readings were higher than I expected.
> > > >
> > > > What type of altenator do you have?
> > > >
> > > > Although this
> > > > > morning driving to work with lights/heat/stereo on the car seemed
> > to
> > > > > struggle at around 3000-4000rpm (after that I cut the
> > > > > lights/heat/stereo). I don't know if this is another
> > problem(clutch
> > > > > slipping maybe?) or if it suggests that the alternator wasn't the
> > > > problem
> > > > > and my battery is getting drained because of another problem
> > > > somewhere
> > > > > along the line. Or I might just be being paranoid as I often do
> > after
> > > > > something breaks on Saskia, I seem to notice any oddities about
> > the
> > > > car
> > > > > and instantly attribute it to whatever the last problem I had
> > was! I
> > > > > wish I didn't worry so much!
> > > >
> > > > Haha! I do the same thing! And if I'm tired, multiply that paranoia
> > by
> > > > 10!
> > > >
> > > > Laura G.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > Tim Dafforn
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