Driving to work this morning, im listening to the radio, parking lights are on, so is the rear defog and the airbag light is blinking. just like every other morning drive to work. about half way to work the abs and charge light along with the warning lights for temp and oil press light up. check out the commander all looks good, cept for battvolt its reading 11 by the time i make it to work its reading 10. belt is still attached and i noticed that the positive cable wing nut is slightly loose. i retightened it but the lights didnt go off.
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sounds like alt to me.
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i think its the alternator to me...
and your car is drawing the power from the battery, thats why you're losing voltage |
do a simple test. have the car runing. turn your dome light on, turn the car off. look at the dome light and see if there is any diffrence in briteness. if there is no diffrence then you know your alt. is shot and not charging.
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thats what i thought...damn it. 230 with lifetime warranty.
martin, you got a pm. |
get it rebuilt.. cheaper
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call june... he said that he knows someone that can rebuild alternators... or when i get my alternator back, ill let you know if my 200amp change works out
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find the parts and I'll rebuild it for you
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goto mazdacomp. it's 150? I can't remember how much i paid. But i had to eat the core charge of 50 bucks since I didn't have a FD alt to send back. It's rebuilt by mitsubishi USA for Mazda with 3 year warranty I think.
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Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='Feb 22 2005, 12:18 PM
my dad prolly knows a guy who knows a guy....ill call him and ask him. my car might have to sleep at work, again... if its rebuilt can it get its amperage upped? i wouldnt mind a little more, my interior lights have been kinda dim, but its prolly cause of the bad alt... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683621.gif wheres is the starter relay located? |
Just a thought here - Having a loose positive cable at the alternator can lead to premature alternator failure. Why? Because the voltage regulator is internal to the alternator. If you have a loose output connection your are esentially creating additional resistance. In turn, the voltage regulator is required to compensate by increasing the output. I.E. instead of working at 70% duty cycle, it's running at 95-100%, and subsequently wears out faster.
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if the dash warning lights came on... it IS the alternator... i have one for sale from ole' grey if you are interested.. let me know.
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Originally Posted by GreyGT-C' date='Feb 22 2005, 04:05 PM
if the dash warning lights came on... it IS the alternator... i have one for sale from ole' grey if you are interested.. let me know.
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>(runs off to the for sale section to make sure there are no pics)</span> https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png |
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