[jim pateman]

Originally Posted by jim pateman

hi again, the car always starts very well, but what it is doing now is it starts fine then as i move off it just cuts out and no electrics work and noticed the oil and battery lights are on dimley even when key removed, if i press the key to unlock and lock while the battery disconnected, when connected again the alarm sounds, when switched off all is fine and it will start but when try to move off again goes about ten yards and does it again, ???

Originally Posted by Jules

Sounds like a wire chaffing.
Trace closely the cable from the ALT to Batt (they have been known to chaff)
Also measure voltage across all the heavy earth points.
There shouldn't be any more than a few Milli-volts potential difference between any earth point to the next, particularly between engine, chassis and neg Batt terminal.

hi jules all checked and ok had diognostic done and says cant find a fault, ???