| Home · FAQ · New Posts · My Posts · PMs · Search · Members · Members Map · Groups · Profile · Donate ·
Log In
|
- You are currently viewing DISCO3.CO.UK as a guest - Register to take part or Log In
gazjacko
Member Since: 14 Jan 2012
Location: Portsmouth-ish
Posts: 225
  
|
Left home today and about half a mile down the road the ignition warning light came on ( red battery). I thought better about pressing on so returned home. On parking up there was a strong burning smell so gingerly lifting the bonnet smoke was coming from the left side of the engine block (looking from the front). A quick disconnect of the battery seems to have stopped it.
Ideas?
|
 14th Nov 2014 11:17 am |
|
|
armalites
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 1918
 
|
Alternator is goosed, make sure it is replaced with a genuine/Denso one IID PRO
MSV Extreme
Nanocom One
|
| 14th Nov 2014 11:18 am |
|
|
Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
Posts: 7830
|
Your alternator has let go, stink don't they. 
Quite often they cause a dead short and kill your battery too but your prompt action may have saved your battery and the thick end of £100.
Leave the battery disconnected until you've sorted the alternator as it will fry it if you reconnect it.
You'll have to go with a driveway replacement from either yourself or one of the mobile forum mechanics, Flack, Geoff etc. as to drive to your local repairer without stopping the dead short, will kill the battery stone dead. 
Good luck. Mods:
Front Fogs + Halos
FBH Remote Control
The 1st Ever RRS Modded Grill
Garmin Nuvi + D4 Surround + Reversing Camera.
D4 Steering Wheel.
Rear Boot Spoiler.
Twin Brake Lights.
Wing Mirror Indicator Repeaters.
Long Roof Rails
Make your own Narpy grill thread
I'm not scared, I'm outta here.
|
| 14th Nov 2014 11:30 am |
|
|
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2740
 
|
Yep, sounds like the alternator to me too.
I'm quite near you by the look of it, so if you're going to swap it out yourself give me a shout and you can borrow the spanner I made to hold the fan when I changed mine.
Nasher. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
|
| 14th Nov 2014 5:59 pm |
|
|
gazjacko
Member Since: 14 Jan 2012
Location: Portsmouth-ish
Posts: 225
|
Cheers for the offer, where about are you?
|
| 15th Nov 2014 12:32 am |
|
|
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2740
|
Clanfield. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
|
| 15th Nov 2014 12:35 am |
|
|
Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
Posts: 3459
|
OEM Denso alternators here, bud:
http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/dan-987-a...0-74-p.asp
The Advanced Factors Pro Kits are great, too, since they have the tools and a new aux belt:
http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/00d3a-den...3722-p.asp
I have viscous fan tools, too, and am in Chandler's Ford. 
Advanced Factors close at 12:00 today if you are able to pick one up before they close.
Steve 2021 BMW iX3 Premier Edition in Carbon Black ⚡️🔌
2019 Škoda Kodiaq 2.0 Tdi 190 DSG Sportline in Quartz Grey. Excellent vehicle. Gone.
2017 Discovery Sport HSE Auto in Carpathian Grey and Ebony Leather. Modern JLR Junk. Gone.
2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual in Zermatt Silver with Ebony Cloth (143k) Gone, but now patrolling the Asia section of the West Midlands Safari Park!
|
| 15th Nov 2014 11:23 am |
|
|
gazjacko
Member Since: 14 Jan 2012
Location: Portsmouth-ish
Posts: 225
|
Thanks for the replies, I have a fan spanner but having a bit of trouble undoing the nut! Then it got dark and started raining 
I think I will give it a further go next week but work beckons Monday and Tuesday.
Why the difference in price for different makes? And what makes the Denso one worth half as much again?
|
| 16th Nov 2014 9:03 pm |
|
|
Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
Posts: 7830
|
You do know the nut is opposite hand thread don't you? Mods:
Front Fogs + Halos
FBH Remote Control
The 1st Ever RRS Modded Grill
Garmin Nuvi + D4 Surround + Reversing Camera.
D4 Steering Wheel.
Rear Boot Spoiler.
Twin Brake Lights.
Wing Mirror Indicator Repeaters.
Long Roof Rails
Make your own Narpy grill thread
I'm not scared, I'm outta here.
|
| 16th Nov 2014 9:20 pm |
|
|
Woolmeister
Member Since: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Chandler's Ford
Posts: 3459
|
Bear in mind that the viscous fan nut is a left hand thread.
Personally, I would not fit anything other than a Denso alternator to my D3. It's what LR fitted in Solihull when your car was built and there are far too many stories on here about cheaper alternators from Euro Car Parts overcharging resulting in EPB faults and the like.
The warranty you get from Advanced Factors is second to none.
Denso all the way.
Steve 2021 BMW iX3 Premier Edition in Carbon Black ⚡️🔌
2019 Škoda Kodiaq 2.0 Tdi 190 DSG Sportline in Quartz Grey. Excellent vehicle. Gone.
2017 Discovery Sport HSE Auto in Carpathian Grey and Ebony Leather. Modern JLR Junk. Gone.
2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual in Zermatt Silver with Ebony Cloth (143k) Gone, but now patrolling the Asia section of the West Midlands Safari Park!
|
| 16th Nov 2014 9:20 pm |
|
|
gazjacko
Member Since: 14 Jan 2012
Location: Portsmouth-ish
Posts: 225
|
Narpy wrote:You do know the nut is opposite hand thread don't you?
Yep thanks! Just having a bit of trouble locking the thing still whilst giving the big nut a sharp tap (clockwise).
Denso it is then.
|
| 17th Nov 2014 8:09 am |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
DISCO3.CO.UK Copyright © 2004-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
|
|
DISCO3.CO.UK is independent and not affiliated to Land Rover.
