For excitement this morning, got in w124 wagon, started up drove off
to highway, then notice heat seater lights blinking, heated rear
window switch blinking.
Mmm, charging issue, or battery (new battery tho). Yes the
serpentine belts is still there, make decision surely I can make it
to dealer 20 miles away, shut everything electrical off, that or stop
car on highway and deal with it. Nah lets assume the alternator isn't
working, should have enough amps to get there.
Let's see ABS light comes on, SRS light, ASD light, wipers quit,
lights go dim... Still runs tho, I wonder is that diesel lift pump is
mechanical or electric?
5 miles to go, starts to rain. I'm toast, wiper won't function, find
a nice large parking lot to pull into and arrange car for towing.
Wait an hour for tow truck etc... If it' hadn't started to rain I
would have made the dealer, in thinking back it must be the glow plug
relay stuck pulling more
amps than what the 65Amp alternator could deal with and sucked
everything dry within 30 minutes, should have thought of that and
pulled the glowplug
connector, sigh...
PS well I might have stopped once I started to enter the city it was
unclear how bright (not) the brake lights were. Still it appears you
can run a w124 diesel a long way with faulty electrical system.
John
1983 300TDt 358k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990 300TDt 154k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40)
