volvo850R
Tuesday 11th September 2012, 19:43
Evening all,
Im having a few troubles with the electrics on my 855 R. The main problem is the orange light with the green triangle in the clocks has come on in the last few days. This seems to be linked to the starter motor not turning over properly when the cars hot and been left for a while. The dead lock feature on the central locking also seems to be linked as when the dead locks work and you get back into the car its a bitch to start, when the dead locks dont work the starter works as it should. I thought the starter motor was on its way out but im suspected some dodgy wiring somewere. I say the dash light is linked to the other faults because i was turning it over like crazy the other day and the starter seemed to be clonking and banging around, once started the light stayed on and is now on permanent. I had the same issue a few weeks back but the ABS light came on all day, that one went out though. :worried:
Im suspecting dodgy wiring after a quick look around, the main earth for the battery behind passenger headlight looks like it may be corroded as its turned green, but unsure if that could be causing these problems>? Car seems to be driving the same but I did notice a small puff of condensation/mist from the exhaust when pulling off first thing this morning, but to be fair it was rather cold this morning(coldest since ive had the car)and it only did it once when i pulled off with the engine stone cold. Everyones cars were smoking like mad this morning but it causght my eye as ive never noticed it before on the R.
Anyone have any ideas?
Im having a few troubles with the electrics on my 855 R. The main problem is the orange light with the green triangle in the clocks has come on in the last few days. This seems to be linked to the starter motor not turning over properly when the cars hot and been left for a while. The dead lock feature on the central locking also seems to be linked as when the dead locks work and you get back into the car its a bitch to start, when the dead locks dont work the starter works as it should. I thought the starter motor was on its way out but im suspected some dodgy wiring somewere. I say the dash light is linked to the other faults because i was turning it over like crazy the other day and the starter seemed to be clonking and banging around, once started the light stayed on and is now on permanent. I had the same issue a few weeks back but the ABS light came on all day, that one went out though. :worried:
Im suspecting dodgy wiring after a quick look around, the main earth for the battery behind passenger headlight looks like it may be corroded as its turned green, but unsure if that could be causing these problems>? Car seems to be driving the same but I did notice a small puff of condensation/mist from the exhaust when pulling off first thing this morning, but to be fair it was rather cold this morning(coldest since ive had the car)and it only did it once when i pulled off with the engine stone cold. Everyones cars were smoking like mad this morning but it causght my eye as ive never noticed it before on the R.
Anyone have any ideas?