hey there i was wondering if anybody can shine a light on this problem!!!
my car is somehow losing charge. even when it is just ticking over it starts to stutter and die! the revs drop down to nothing more or less then it stutters and shes gone! if i put my lights or heaters on or stereo it kills it even quicker! battery im mint, put a ner coil pack on, a new alternator and it is still doing it! i havent got any lose connections from the battery or the starter motor, or the alternartor. i have even replaced my starter motor because it was a bit iffy! if any1 can shed any light on this then please do, as im losing the will to live with this car and im getting on the verge of scrapping it! sad i know because i loved this car when it was running! its a 1995 1.6 16v si! please help!!! thanks

Welcome to the site mate, so your saying the battery keeps going flat of the engine wont run?

If its just tick over not steady sounds more like idle control valve or something and just stalling when you add extra electrical load to the alternator

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Will

yeah the alternator isnt putting any power to my battery i dont think! will the idle control valve cause that? and where is that located? its really doin my nut in! haha and thanks been on the site a few times tryin to find any forums that may have had the same problem! and it does it wen the car is running too! something must be draining the power but i cant find what!

wen it dies its asif its running out of fuel too, if that helps? but like i said the alternator isnt showin up that it is putting any charge into the battery! which is strange! i cant put my finger on it at all!

So once it dies do you need to stick jump leads on it to get it going again?

yeah mate thats the one!! haha u got any ideas?

Would of thought a new alternater but you already done that lol, is there anything you have changed just before it started doing this, like radio etc

no mate! not at all.. i cant put my finger on it myself! ive even took my radio out today and still the same! even took all fuses out apart from fuel pump funse and electric ignition fuse and its still the same! been told it could b a dodgy earth but i cant seem to find any problems with the earths! and yeah put a new alternator on, unless theres a break internally on the wire from the alternator to the solenoid. thats all i can think of now

also there is 3 connections on my alternator and i have only 2 wires going to it, one thick red one from the solenoid, which is connected to the same solenoid connection as the battery lead, and a thin blue wire which i am suspecting to be the battery light wire? should i have a wire coming from my battery running straight to the alternator as well? as well as the one on the solenoid?

is the battery light coming on the dash? when u try to start it?

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

as stupid as it sounds check the plug on the back of the alternator or the live on the starter and the earths that go from the g'box to the chassis

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Its not tragic to die doing what you love... if you want the ultimate.. you have to be willing to pay the ultimate price!

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Will

no the battery light doesnt come on when u try and start it! so that could be a good place to start! i will try that and get back to you! just knocked off early from work so im gonna go out and have a tinker now! thanks guys!

still draining its power! its even draining power when it is switched off!? any ideas??

Have you checked for bad relays? They could be placing a circuit over the battery and draining it that way.

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