2 Problems, fuel leak? And dash lights...

[yragyrag90]

By the way, today we fiited the battery that we knew to be working. When it died tonight the warning lights didn't come on like they did the first time it happened... Does this help with anything?
When we first put the battery on and ran it for a bit the warning lights did come on, my dad said he thought it may just be until the new brushes bed in...
I'm so annoyed by this, driving the car this evening before it died was making me so happy.
On another note, I drove the hell out of it to get home, I knew it was a pretty fast car (relatively anyway) But I think it wanted to get home too, didnt want to have another break down disaster.

And how do you mean bad earths... Again I'm retarded when it comes to this kind of thing.

[Steve and his 244]

Where the battery/engine/alternator etc is connected to the metal of the bodywork.

They can go rusty and get muck behind them causing a bad connection etc...

Ones to check (off the top of my head)

-The negative battery terminal
-The one that connects onto the inner wing in the engine bay (coming from the battery)
-The strap between the cam cover and the bulkhead (also check the cable isnt corroded or damaged)
-The connections onto the engine that also comes directly from the negative on the battery
-I assume there will be one off the alternator - not sure where it goes to though

Best bet is just just clean each one up to shiny metal one by one. That aliminates another (free to mend) problem...

[redboy]

If your alternator has a seperate voltage regulator, that could be the problem. If the brush pack has a little round thing on it, its an internal regulator. But if it has a connector with wires coming out that goes to a seperate regulator.

Alternately, it could be a break in the wiring harness or connector- it runs under the cambelt cover, and around the engine, up the side the car and over the engine. The two spots they usually go is under the engine or the connector on the bulkhead. I know Volvo had a problem with bad quality wiring in the early '80s- especially in the US due to higher temperatures.

Cheers,
Brian

[redboy]

I forgot to add- you can convert a seperate voltage regulator to an internal one- they sell them on ebay: 'bosch voltage regulator' for about 7 quid. Obviously this is only for Bosch alternators, not SEV Marchal design.