All,
Just got back from holiday and Battery totally flat. The car is a Vauxhall Carlton Diplomat (J plate 2.0i Auto). It was left standing for
5 weeks, and I came this morning to start and all dead (Lights, Central locking etc...)I then come to connect a spare battery to it and some smoke appears from the alternator ? I had a new alternator (re-con rectifier I think was fitted) some 14 months ago.
Car was perfectly sound when I left it. I was going to disconnect the alternator lead and try again to see if I can turn the engine over (and consequenty the alternator via fan belt). I don't quite know if this will help or what can fail on an alternator if left for 5 weeks.
Any ideas as to what is the problem is and what may have caused it ????
Thanks in advance.
Andy.