There is an easier way.
Look at the tach when the engine starts to falter. If the tach drops like a
stone before the engine dies, it is a lack of power to the ignition system.
If the tach is stumbling indicating low RPMs the ignition system is working
the fault lies elsewhere.
Rick
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:
> If the alternator light came on first and the engine died as it did so
> then
> that implies the ignition system has lost voltage from the ignition
> switch.
> Could be a dodgy connection in a brown to the switch, or in the white from
> the switch, or inside the switch itself. The other symptoms imply an
> intermittent connection somewhere also.
>
> It won't be the alternator itself, the engine should continue to run on
> the
> battery alone, even though the warning light may be on.
>
> It's going to be tricky to diagnose until it become permanent, but if you
> have a timing light and have it connected when this happens if the flashes
> stop while the engine is still spinning it is ignition, if it keeps
> flashing
> until the engine stops rotating it is fuel. Also look at the tach. If
> that
> drops instantly while then engine is still rotating that also says
> ignition,
> if it only gradually drops as the engine spins down it is fuel.
>
> PaulH.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > ... as I was waiting at a red light waiting for the
> > light to change to green, the engine was just purring away then suddenly
> > the
> > alternator light came on to a bright amber on the dash, then the engine
> > died,
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