I think the alternator has just died

[DuncanR]

3! That is crazy! :banghead:

Matt is running his whole fookin house off of it !!! :hahaha:

[DuncanR]

I feel a trip down to Cambridgeshire to get everything done in a "one-er" might be in order for me?! Don't think I can be arsed with my local main-dealership. Judging by my local friend's experience who has had three CSLs the service manager is (to use his term) "a tosser"!

Book it in at Murketts for April 13th ...then come and break the fooker at Snetterton on April 14th ...drop it back to Murketts April 15th .....now THATS a plan !!! :smokin:

[magnust]

They do that unfortunately :banghead: My CSL is on its 3rd alternator now... all done under "good old" BMW Warranty :thumbs:

3! That is crazy! :banghead:

[andye30m3]

IIRC GSF sell these (made by Veleo as per the original) for about £200 ish all in but will need your old unit in exchange.

£200 seams a lot more reasonable, I'll keep that in mind incase there's any issue with rebuilding it locally

[shimmy]

Yep I got a decent one from Factors for about £180 with old one as swap. Mine went on before the old one died as I didn't want to get caught short on the continent :smokin:

[mattCSLnut]

Cheers for the replies

RAC came out and it's definitely the alternator, got me home and I've just finished taking the old alternator off.

No BMW warranty, bugger! just spoken to my brother in law who's a mechanic, he's going to drop it into a local well respected place which rebuilds them and hopefully for a hell of a lot less than £500!

fingers crossed it will be back in a couple of days as I'm supposed to be at Mallory park on Sunday.

IIRC GSF sell these (made by Veleo as per the original) for about £200 ish all in but will need your old unit in exchange.

[andye30m3]

Cheers for the replies

RAC came out and it's definitely the alternator, got me home and I've just finished taking the old alternator off.

No BMW warranty, bugger! just spoken to my brother in law who's a mechanic, he's going to drop it into a local well respected place which rebuilds them and hopefully for a hell of a lot less than £500!

fingers crossed it will be back in a couple of days as I'm supposed to be at Mallory park on Sunday.

[mattCSLnut]

I feel a trip down to Cambridgeshire to get everything done in a "one-er" might be in order for me?!

Sounds like a good plan :thumbs: you won't be disappointed :smokin:

[derin100]

They do that unfortunately :banghead: My CSL is on its 3rd alternator now... all done under "good old" BMW Warranty :thumbs:

I feel a trip down to Cambridgeshire to get everything done in a "one-er" might be in order for me?! Don't think I can be arsed with my local main-dealership. Judging by my local friend's experience who has had three CSLs the service manager is (to use his term) "a tosser"!

[mattCSLnut]

They do that unfortunately :banghead: My CSL is on its 3rd alternator now... all done under "good old" BMW Warranty :thumbs:

[derin100]

Mine is doing it too! Pain in the ass! Simply adding to my list of things that need doing!

At least it seems we're not alone!

[azrael]

Is covered under warranty if you have it

[magnust]

From the other thread:

You're not a 'proper' CSL owner unless you experience a red battery light at some point! :hahaha: :hahaha:

:hahaha:

[monkeycsl]

Mine went about two years ago,prob does not help if car is used infrequently so alternator is always working hard.I now keep battery charged to hopefully keep alternator from packing up.

[Yanto]

it eventually comes to us all matey.....:bigcry:

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/csl-register/general/csl-technical-area/508396-battery-light