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stalled and stranded 850

posted by  KlausC on  Sun Aug 12 17:12 CST 2007
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Get your battery fully charged. Then turn off the cabin fan, radio, daytime running lights, and anything else that can use electricity. That should give you about an hours worth of driving.
Sounds like the alternator brushes stopped brushing and your car started to drain the battery.

Klaus
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Please answer, we need to know if the advice is good or bad. The 164 has a new home, all I am left with are 2 turbos :)






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