Headlights Up, Rpms Down?
11-13-2003, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by i.didnt.do.it' date='Nov 13 2003, 06:21 AM
Yeah...that or the battery. My car wouldn't start with the AC on and it turned out the battery was shot.
11-13-2003, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TyresmokinRx7' date='Nov 13 2003, 09:29 AM
Your batery is there to help you start your car, once your car is running your alternator takes over, had that problem once and the batery was 3 months old.
11-13-2003, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by i.didnt.do.it' date='Nov 13 2003, 06:38 AM
Ahh..but you see, since the battery replacement, car starts up fine. Plus, before I replaced my battery, everything in the car would shut down for a second when I hit the brakes...None of that happens now and its been 2 months since the replacement...
11-13-2003, 12:46 PM
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easy check...with car running, disconnect the batt. if the car dies your alt is bad.
i had the same problem. new battery, tried 3 different alts and the alt woukd get way hot to the touch. one of teh alts got as hot or hotter than the radiatior. im sure it was a wire somewhere, maybe a bad ground. but since the car idled at 1500 rpms, the drop didnt make that much a difference. god forbid it was raining though....
i had the same problem. new battery, tried 3 different alts and the alt woukd get way hot to the touch. one of teh alts got as hot or hotter than the radiatior. im sure it was a wire somewhere, maybe a bad ground. but since the car idled at 1500 rpms, the drop didnt make that much a difference. god forbid it was raining though....