17volts from the alternator?

earlier on i push started my car and i took out the battery i measured th voltage acroos the terminals and its 17volts and that was with headlights hazard lights and rear demistor on, is this the reason my distributor stopped working all of a sudden?


also with the car running i tried to turn the starter by twisting the key to see if the starter was working and the car cut out? what does this mean
 
you should,nt run it without the battery emmet :eek: it partly acts as a ballast to hold the voltage down to a (ecu) safe level
 
17v sounds way too high to me emmet fwn the ecu aint gonna like that sort of abuse, so have you lost the spark now ?
 
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