FTO died :(

[finers]

Had rarely any issues with my great fto but i lent her to my friend, who is reasonably and can trust but murphy's law a suppose the night he had her
she completely died.

Here's what happened according to him.

Was driving and all electrics in car died, then car cut out.

Went out the next day, battery totally flat,
She jumped started no problem, electrics stayed on when other leads where connected and when discounted until i put her into gear,

I'm pretty sure the alternator just went as the battery's on a charge over night and she's lives again,

This is new to me, how to check alternator? see does voltage go up on battery when engine is running?
Could a fuse be gone in conjunction to the alternator?

Thanks.
Sean.

[CJ]

Sean, disconnect the negative terminal when the engine is running, if it cuts out, the alternator is at fault. At that stage, you're looking a reconditioning or replacing.

CJ

[finers]

Knew i heard something along those lines, thanks CJ, just done it, car died a new alternator me thinks,

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m3b0s9p193

150 on camskill + says a one hour jobby, hmm im goina go at it myself when she comes

[Dilogoat86]

Easiest way to get it out is to remove the driver's side engine mount and jack the engine up and out. Alternatively you can remove it through the wheel arch by removing all the suspension components. 2 bolts iirc and it should come off easily enough.

[colm_mcm]

presume the belt is intact?

[optical illusion]

Don't say 'died' !!

Thought the engine had blown or belt come off or something!!

[Muad_dib77]

Jesus.. I too thought there was dramatics here..

Alternation failure is fixable..

and atleast with a new unit you shouldn't have to worry about it going "mammary glands upwards direction" again anytime soon.

[finers]

Sorry posted that before i realized it was Alt, thought it may have been something more serious, am 90% sure thats the fault now.

Just bought a replacement here --> http://cgi.ebay.ie/MITSUBISHI-FTO-GPX-M ... 414d4a6e61

Worked out cheaper then camskill and not a recon either