off on my jollies tommorow, but when i started the car today the battery warning light was on. Wont go off either, even with some revs, and the charger says its got a low battery to boot...

its a diesel, so am i right in thinking that the engine will run without the battery anyway? question is, will the eventual loss of the battery after 6 hours of driving cause any significant problems, aside from the obvious wipers and lights?

to make things worse, im setting off at 6am...

any help or advise welcome. FWIW, its an r reg primera tdi.

[Edited on 11/7/04 by JoelP]

Thats the alternator warning light i think you'll find... so perhaps your alternator is on its way out ! Hence the flat battery

the pimp has a solenoid valve and requires juice to keep it energised,so you wont get far

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Originally posted by theconrodkid
the pimp has a solenoid valve

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Think you need to call at a motor factor en-route and change it

The fiel pimp of course, U thunk U've got a keyboard luke Conrods on my compiter. Who's been swappung letters roind? you biggers

cheers for all the replys, conrod gets the prize for most helpful one so im buggered. Means i have to drive from leeds to somerset in a citroen ax. what fun...

did that to the compo in the office at a place i worked once,caused chaos for days