Got back from Canada to storms, rain...
And ALL the cars were dead in one way or another. Flat batteries on all
- plus the Supra has no tax and 2 flat tyres, the Sera has no MOT, and the Scorpio... oh bugger. The Scorpio had a dead battery and would appear to have a dead alternator.
You start the car... it runs for about 5-10 minutes, then all ancilliary circuits shut down (windows, indicators, instruments, climate control). I stuck a voltmeter over the terminals. Old battery showed 13v, ran, car provided voltage which increased steadily even with full load, up to
16v then everything shut down. New battery, same story but 18v.No warning lights prior to this, so is it a regulator, or something else?
Richard (Sera now has two brand-new headlights, Supra is probably going to be for sale, and when we got the Beetle back it worked perfectly of course).