Andy_40

I have an odd problem and I am looking for ideas. I replaced my turbo yesterday*, finished today after lack of light stopped play and it all went well except for a lot of fiddling to refit the heat shield. Today on a test drive it worked as expected but I got a battery warning light on the dash and then I lost all power, luckily a few yards from my house. I coasted to my house, put it on a charge and started up. Measured at the alternator, there is no voltage. The battery light lights up on turning the key then goes off on starting but comes back after a minute or two. . All I can think is that I have damaged the sensor wire as this is very close to the heat shield. It is possible that I have pulled it fitting the shield? If that is the case I can easily splice in a new one but does this sound like a sensor wire issue? Pulling the connector off changes nothing. It could be a coincidental failure of the alternator but it seems like a cause and effect failure to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated * surprisingly straightforward although after replacing it it was apparent that I could have just replaced the cartridge for a lot less cost and hassle.