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#26 Re: General Discussion » Electric windows + an unused plastic stub on the engine!! » 2017-02-01 00:10:02
Are you revving the engine when you get that 14.75v ? If so i would not worry. when it gets to 15v on tick over i may start to look into it more. As for the rest, not got a clue but welcome anyway
Nah, i had the 1.9 non turbo and wind by hand windows. Good old reliable technology
Thank's Casper, I wish that I had wind up windows as well! 
Regarding the charging side of things that reading is on tickover, I might try revving it tomorrow (if it ever stops raining) and take another reading. Odd that the red light doesn't come on until the engine starts, it should be the other way round of course! Hopefully someone will be along to advise me on the stub and window operation, though a lad down the road has a similar van so I might have a word with him.
#27 General Discussion » Electric windows + an unused plastic stub on the engine!! » 2017-01-31 22:41:45
- ruston
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Hi lads (and lassies) first post on this interesting forum. A couple of questions, recently I purchased a 2006 Dispatch with the 2.0 litre HDI engine, I have a Partner with the same unit so am familiar with its good and bad points! However this van has a problem with the alternator, the charging light only comes on when the engine starts but it is putting 14.75 volts through the battery so I'm guessing a diode issue and am going to fit a fresh alternator in the next few days which hopefully will sort that out. What I'm not sure about are the electric windows, they only work when the alternator is charging. I would assume that they SHOULD operate with the key in the first position like my Partner, is that the case and if so then I will have to find where to take the feed from as I really need them to work without running the engine. Advice welcomed.
Second issue, on the rear (flywheel end) of the engine is a vertical black plastic stub about three inches long between the thermostat housing and the part of the head where the vacuum pump is situated, there are no pipes etc near it and my Partners engine doesn't have it. Looking at pics of engines on the web it seems peculiar to the vans, can somebody please tell me what should be fastened onto it as it is worrying me slightly! My friend had the van for a few years and he hadn't even noticed it there, but he isn't mechanically minded alas. Once again, thank's for reading this long winded post and all advice welcomed! 