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by Peter704070
Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:48 am
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Charging System Fault
Replies: 11
Views: 30003

Re: Charging System Fault

Hello Sorry I forgot to add the following information; Blue - Battery voltage at the battery + and - negative terminals Red - Control from the engine ECU to the alternator Green - Current from the BSI to the alternator to excite it. Yellow - Current reading taken from the positive wire at the batter...
by Peter704070
Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:58 pm
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Charging System Fault
Replies: 11
Views: 30003

Re: Charging System Fault

Hello I've taken additional scope patterns this afternoon. Any help or an explanation would be great.

Thanks
Pete
by Peter704070
Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:12 pm
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Charging System Fault
Replies: 11
Views: 30003

Re: Chargning System Fault

Hello that's what concerns me in the first capture the voltage never drops below 1V - on the good pattern it drops all the way to 0V. The ground is direct to battery with a good connection. We also checked for a volt drop at the battery connections. Will change the sample rate and time base when I g...
by Peter704070
Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Charging System Fault
Replies: 11
Views: 30003

Re: Chargning System Fault

Hello I've added a lot more information and hope that somebody can help. Pete
by Peter704070
Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:47 pm
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Charging System Fault
Replies: 11
Views: 30003

Charging System Fault

Hello I have a Peugeot 206 1.4 on a 2006 plate KFW engine which doesn't charge properly. Originally when I drove the car it was fine but then on a wet dark night the battery light came on. I switched the ignition off and the car wouldn't start. After 5 minutes it kicked back into life and off we wen...
by Peter704070
Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:15 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Ford Focus EGR
Replies: 5
Views: 15596

Ford Focus EGR

Hello we have a Ford Focus 1.6 Diesel (DV6TED) in our college workshop with a few fault codes. They lead back to a fault with the EGR valve; P2142 EGR Throttle Control Circuit High P0488 EGR Throttle Position Control Range/Performance We got the scope out and tested the two motor wires (the wiring d...
by Peter704070
Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Toyota Yaris 2008 1.0
Replies: 5
Views: 9952

Re: Toyota Yaris 2008 1.0

Morning I should have said we started looking at the at at 3:00 yesterday with a group of Level 3 students - we only had 30 minutes before the lesson finished. The car is a students from anothe department and apparently they had been to a garage and replaced the post cat sensor. We didn't have a fre...
by Peter704070
Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:05 pm
Forum: Diagnostic discussion
Topic: Toyota Yaris 2008 1.0
Replies: 5
Views: 9952

Toyota Yaris 2008 1.0

Hello we had a Yaris in our college workshop today, the students fitted our Delphi DS150e and it came up with code P0138, this related to Lambda Sensor after the catalytic converter. They tried to look at live data but it won't show the pre cat lambda sensor. We then got the scope out and tried scop...
by Peter704070
Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:13 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall ABS Sensor
Replies: 4
Views: 8732

Re: Vauxhall ABS Sensor

Hello I will definitely put pictures up once ive got it working. I will set it all up tomorrow. Can I just check what would happen to the sensor if I wired the live and earth the wrong way round. Do I risk damaging it. I'm struggling to find out which wire should be live and whic should be earth. Th...
by Peter704070
Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: Help me fix my car
Topic: Vauxhall ABS Sensor
Replies: 4
Views: 8732

Re: Vauxhall ABS Sensor

Hello Thanks for the information - will have a go this week, just a couple more questions, do you think it matters which wire I use for the live to the sensor or should I try and find out from Vauxhall (Autodata doesn't say which wire is which) If I wire a 12v supply to the sensor and on the return ...