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| robsea80 |
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hello i was driving home the other nite and my head lites dimed rite down and all the power in my car died so i thought it was the alternnater beause i have a new battery so today i charged the battery up and put it back in and tested the alternater and its working fine could it had just been a lose wire on the battery that caused the problum or is the alternater dead .
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| phongus |
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it could be a number of reasons. but yeah first check if there are any loose connections especially at the battery terminal. they may have corroded and so u need cut and restrip the wire and reconnect it. if after charging ur battery the car works fine for about a couple of days and then just dies it could be 2 reasons. the belt is slipping and not turning the alternator properly or the alternator is stuffed. try and tighten the alternator pulley more and see what happens
phong =P~
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| MARK.TANIA |
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you can also check it but when you turn the key. the red lihgt will come on in the dash. that means the alternator has power. when car starts.the red light goes out this means it is charging.if light stays on it is not charging . aslo let car idle and turn lights on and go hi and low beam if the car idle gets low idle on hi and speeds up on low this means car is charging
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| jessev1983 |
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Did you test your alternator under full load (what i mean is with lights on full, ac on, stereo etc...) what you can find is that it's fine with no load but won't charge with a load!
_________________ 97 EL Fairmont Ghia I6
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| robsea80 |
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found the problum it was a loose earth on the back of the alternater thanks for the help
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| fordfreak ef |
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i hAve the same prob atm... the batteries being held at 12.4 volts (no load) while driving.. not the usual 14.4..might just check the earth lead when i get the car back thisarvo from the mechanics cos of being scoped ouy for the "mis" the car has on excelleration...
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| stunster |
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robsea80 wrote: found the problum it was a loose earth on the back of the alternater thanks for the help
I am having the same problem. I didnt think there was an earth wire on the alternator? I thought it earthed through the two mounting bolts? |
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| robsea80 |
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opps not earth live wire sorry
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