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Peugeot 205GT Alternator/Battery
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Posted at Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:24 pm |
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Rick B,
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Hello and thank you!
I have a 1988 Puegot 205GT. It has a bit more than 184,000 kilometers on it but is in excellent shape; at least it was. Since it is old, it is a simple machine...no computers, fuel injection or any of that...basic mechanics and electronics...so I believe my question should be a very simple one.
Recently I noticed a strange smell coming from under the hood. When I looked, what I found was smoke coming from the battery. Upon futher inspection I found that the cap had somehow come loose from the battery (very strange since it is a no maintance type) and that it had almost no water left in it. So I added distilled water, jumped the car to get it going and started into town to have it checked. As I was driving I noticed that the tachometer was not regestering RPM's nor were the gas or temperture gauges functioning. Then she sputtered out and died.
Believing, rationally I thought, that I simply needed a new battery, I put one in only to discover that nothing functioned; no lights, no radio, no wipers...nothing. The fuses were all intact and all the connections I checked were fine; clean and tight.
So my question is; if the alternater is faulty would that affect the entire circuitry of the vehicle; cutting the current to evey electrical device even if the battery is new? |
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Posted at Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:08 pm |
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| 2CarPro Jack wrote: | | If your battery was having a problem, the alt could have gone wide open in an attempt to charge a shorted battery, possibly blowing a fuse or burning up a fusible link. Check all fuses and power supplies with a test light from the battery out to the passenger compartment |
All the fuses in the passenger compartment, themselves, checked out OK, however no power is getting to them; hence no lights, radio, working gauges or nothing. Is there a fuse built into the alternator that I don't know about that may have fried; cutting the circuit to everything? If so; can I get at it to change it or do I need a new alternator? If not, where else could the proplem lay? |
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