Ist real issue with Paddy
Dash lights (battery and air filter) are now coming on intermittently
Volt readings on both batteries is only mid 12s
This happened from Friday arvo about 3ish. So my weekend camping and wheeling at Bylong Creek 4X4 has been canned.
I have been doing some research re what the problem may be and from what I can tell my alternator is one of the smart ones and therfore may not be charging my two batteries effectively. Some people use the voltage booster to rectify this but most people say that is a stoopid idea.
I read that the Russian spec alternator for the 4D56 is 120A comapred to 100A so that may be an upgrade option..................
I have also read that I need to get a DCtoDC charger to make sure the batteries are kept at a healthy level.
So at this stage I do not know what to do so I will take it to an auto sparky to see if they can find anything obvious