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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / March 2007

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Volvo Battery/Alternator issue

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jsegura525@aol.com - 21 Mar 2007 04:00 GMT
Hello,
I had removed my instrument cluster...clock, speedo, gas gage, water
temp.
I did this to fix my odometer and I did fix it this evening
.
I had removed the cluster on Sunday and on my way home from the
salvage yard
today my car dies, no power, felt like the Air Mass had gone out, I
lost all power and
had to pump the gas to keep here alive.
I checked my battery at the shop and it was dead, but they charged it
up for me and
said it was good. The guy then hooked up a machine to my car and it
said that
the battery was good, the starter was good ,  but the alternator was
not charging
the battery....this was before I replaced the instrument cluster.

I did drive the 240 home safe, after the charge.

Could the cause be because the cluster was no in the car ?

All responses will be appreciated,

Joseph Segura
from New Mexico.
Mike F - 21 Mar 2007 13:18 GMT
> Hello,
> I had removed my instrument cluster...clock, speedo, gas gage, water
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> Joseph Segura
> from New Mexico.

Sometimes the alternator requires the current through the warning light
to "start."  An alternator could be better described an electric power
amplifier - it requires a small current through the rotor (to create
magnetism) added to the rotational energy from the belt to create a
large current.  Normally the rotor has enough residual magnetism to
start this, but not always, and some specific alternators are worse than
others.

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Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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