Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys,

I'm not a complete tech head but it seems that lots of you are.

Recently my Feroza's warning lights have started to flicker on and off for a couple of seconds when the revs drop.

Now it seems that it wants to cut out and be a prick to start at the same moments. This would be great if I liked sitting at the lights trying to start the car whilst being honked at and abused but I don't.

Any suggestions before I take it down to the auto elecs would be great.

sounds like ur alternator.... check the ground wire on the alternator (should be a white doubled wire) that bolts onto the top of the alternator on the back. they have likely split and is makin bad contact. happened to my roza and caused all sorts of problems until i narrowed it down. happened to find it by mistake.

you'll have to unbolt the wire from the alternator and play with it a bit. bend it around and see if its split. and go from there.

2 words



LOOSE WIRE






Have fun locating it !!

It could be a fault within the ecu circuit. what you need to find out that if the car is cranking ok when it cuts out then it would more then likely not a alternator related fault because while every the battery has enough voltage in it the car will run without the alternator for a sort period of time. and if the car is cranking ok then the battery is not flat. You may find when the car gets hot that it can loose spark this can be caused due to the crank sensor which should be located inside the dizzy also coil failure can cause this but the engine like may not come on for that. It is come fault with ecu that the circuit board inside the computer gets a dry solder joint and under flexing on the ecu it can cause it to stall. to check this get access to the ecu and tap on it to see if it stalls.
As everyone else has said if the car is hard to start while not crank then yes it could be a loose wire either on the battery harness, (main relay or fuse circuit) or it could be a loose terminal on a connector somewhere.
the warning lights may becoming on due to very low engine rpm when it is stalling you should also check for fuel pressure problems or airflow problems

4x4roza wrote:It could be a fault within the ecu circuit. what you need to find out that if the car is cranking ok when it cuts out then it would more then likely not a alternator related fault because while every the battery has enough voltage in it the car will run without the alternator for a sort period of time. and if the car is cranking ok then the battery is not flat. You may find when the car gets hot that it can loose spark this can be caused due to the crank sensor which should be located inside the dizzy also coil failure can cause this but the engine like may not come on for that. It is come fault with ecu that the circuit board inside the computer gets a dry solder joint and under flexing on the ecu it can cause it to stall. to check this get access to the ecu and tap on it to see if it stalls.
As everyone else has said if the car is hard to start while not crank then yes it could be a loose wire either on the battery harness, (main relay or fuse circuit) or it could be a loose terminal on a connector somewhere.
the warning lights may becoming on due to very low engine rpm when it is stalling you should also check for fuel pressure problems or airflow problems

not always true 4x4roza, the alternator can still be charging the battery, but when it makes a bad contact with the ground wire (i.e. split) and arcs, it can short out and draw power away from the spark plugs, thus causing it to stall and if it stalls enough, it'll die. happened to me all the time... running speed it was fine, but every time i slowed down for a light, it woudl try to die on me... thanks to that damn ground wire on the alternator. this was because the engine would flex a bit on the mounts and if it flexed far enough it'll cause an arc when reving down. i would highly suggest checking that first! and ground wires elsewhere!