VR6 broke down, advice needed

[mikew 0]

Went out for a drive today and after about half an hour the radio lost power and the engine started to struggle, had to thrash the crap out of it to stop it stalling. I had to slow right down to turn into my road which caused it to stall but it came back to life briefly which gave me enough to coast to a stop just outside my house. Before it stalled, the oil light and handbrake light came on and now it wont start.

It was in the garage a couple of weeks ago for this same problem, the only thing they found was a dirty terminal on the ecu, no faults and everything working as it should.

Problem occured again a few days after getting it back, I thought it might be due to a crap battery so i put a good one on and all was well for a week but now its happened again.

The car is a 96 highline OBD2

Any help or suggestions will be very much appreciated.

[xyber 1]

Dodgy alternator, check what power it's kicking out

[Rustyman 0]

Check it's connections sometimes parts corrode power and earth connections somethimes play havoc with the ECU

[AJmk2 2]

Had the same problem on mine and it turned out to be a bad connection of the alternator earth.

If you have a volt meter you can check across the battery to make sure its charging

[mikew 0]

Thanks for the advice so far. Put the old battery on it and it started fine, the new one was dead flat. The garage said the alternator was fine when it went in but now the alternator light doesnt come on when i turn on the ignition. From what I gather it should come on and stay on if the battery isnt being charged, so why isnt it coming on at all?

Once again, any advice is very much appreciated.