Gentlemen. My Renault 1985 4tl has been running well, and we drove it back to the UK from France with no problems, and then back to France again, about 3000 kms in all, running beautifully. But just in the last day or two its started to have a flickering ignition light. The car starts well, the engine runs well. There is a slight problem of liquid coming out of the top of the plastic bottle under the bonnet on two occasions with long hills, hot weather and a trailer in tow. On those occasions there was a bubbly noise as well, which soon disappeared when you turned off the engine which I assume is the cooling liquid boiling. The liquid levels were always in the max min band.
I did not had time to look at this before I flew back to England yesterday. I don't know if these problems are related or coincidental, but the fan belts appear to be well tensioned, in good shape and do not appear to be slipping.
They don't make any noise.
It could be the battery, but I would expect that to result in a constant, not a flickering light. It could be the
alternator, and if brushes are wearing out that may cause the flickering.It could be a short somewhere, but we have done nothing with the electrics to start that happening.
I am off back to France in May and I want to take whatever bits I may need to to speed up repairing the car. Has any one a suggestion of a possible cause of the problems, and what to do about them and what bits to take.
I was thinking of getting some replacement brushes. I will check the acid level in the battery, and I will check the battery. Any other suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Edwin.
I did not had time to look at this before I flew back to England yesterday. I don't know if these problems are related or coincidental, but the fan belts appear to be well tensioned, in good shape and do not appear to be slipping.
They don't make any noise.
It could be the battery, but I would expect that to result in a constant, not a flickering light. It could be the
alternator, and if brushes are wearing out that may cause the flickering.It could be a short somewhere, but we have done nothing with the electrics to start that happening.
I am off back to France in May and I want to take whatever bits I may need to to speed up repairing the car. Has any one a suggestion of a possible cause of the problems, and what to do about them and what bits to take.
I was thinking of getting some replacement brushes. I will check the acid level in the battery, and I will check the battery. Any other suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Edwin.