 New Alternator Has problems Charging at Idle |
 Oct 21, 2010 - 6:34 PM
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Tonight while driving around boston, my battery light started to go on and off. I was like great, my alternator that i just got a week ago is a dud. BUT, the battery light was coming on when the engine rpms was over about 3.5k, ALSO the lights would get really bright, all the lights. My father told me he thinks its the voltage regulator from what i told him, which is in the alternator. Anyone have any ideas, looking for any second opinions and or agreement with what my father told me, thanks.
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Oct 26, 2010 - 2:11 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
take your car to auto zone and have them load test your system.
Sound like a bad battery cable or a bad ground. If your alternator gets hot, so should your battery. What it sounds like to me is your cars cables or ground is bad and all the electricity its making is getting dissipated and turned into heat. Our cars do not use a computer controlled alternator. Everything is self contained in the alternator. |
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barterj New Alternator Has problems Charging at Idle Oct 21, 2010 - 6:34 PM
Spider77 my suggestion, take a reading, while at idle and t... Oct 21, 2010 - 7:16 PM barterj Thats what my repair manual says too, but both alt... Oct 22, 2010 - 10:06 AM Spider77 both alt's? So you've been through what, ... Oct 22, 2010 - 4:09 PM barterj Belt tension is good, I tested it today and it... Oct 22, 2010 - 7:27 PM barterj This weekend i'm going to replace all the grou... Oct 26, 2010 - 8:30 PM barterj So i replaced 2 ground wires, hoping that's al... Nov 22, 2010 - 1:33 PM chacha do the alt test....start your car and then pull of... Nov 23, 2010 - 12:57 AM barterj Sorry to pull this from the depths of who knows wh... Feb 17, 2011 - 4:21 PM
Driveby QUOTE (barterj @ Feb 17, 2011 - 9:21... Feb 19, 2011 - 2:42 AM barterj Video of my issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Feb 17, 2011 - 4:50 PM chacha change your alt...borrow a alt from a camry...not ... Feb 18, 2011 - 12:31 AM barterj Thanks, i think its just an issue with how autozon... Feb 18, 2011 - 1:04 AM st202gt best is u must try different place to test if your... Feb 19, 2011 - 1:52 AM barterj QUOTE (Driveby @ Feb 19, 2011 - 2:42... Feb 19, 2011 - 11:06 AM chacha yeah...it is a hit or miss with me too...i got my ... Feb 19, 2011 - 11:33 AM lagos I get my alternators from autozone. Sometimes the ... Feb 19, 2011 - 2:09 PM barterj QUOTE (lagos @ Feb 19, 2011 - 2:09 P... Feb 19, 2011 - 7:43 PM barterj chacha, how long have you had yours?
i blew my o... Feb 19, 2011 - 7:50 PM chacha i have had my for a year now still running strong.... Feb 19, 2011 - 8:07 PM zfjohnson07 Stopping at a light and your lights go dim is your... Feb 19, 2011 - 10:51 PM delusionz get an alternator from a toyota parts wrecker, don... Feb 26, 2011 - 6:24 AM barterj Thanks delusionz, that's what i thought becaus... Feb 26, 2011 - 10:53 PM |
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