 bad alternator? or connection?, please help, its my DD |
 Jun 11, 2008 - 1:52 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Oct 18, '06 From cincinnati Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%)  |
ok so i have a 95st w/lots of miles but heres the deal... i've never had problems with it until tonight when i was driving it home. had the lights on and the cd player, everything seemed to be fine but when i would remove my foot from the accelerator to the cluth+brake the lights would dim and my battery power would drop from ~12-14V to 10. a couple times my cd player even turned off.. it seemed the harder i hit the brakes and if i used anything powered in the car without being in gear/on the gas the lights would dim. didn't notice the rpm's dropping particularly fast or anything... castrol syntec used in oil change 3k ago, new air filter, new fuses a few months ago, recently cleaned the batter terminals and had the battery tested.. its the darndest thing. thanks for any help you might have.
-------------------- proud =3sgte SWAPPED= '95 Celica ST owner [calling it the GT2 or half-trac]
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Jun 14, 2008 - 4:49 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 23, '07 From Swindon, England Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sounds like alternator to me too. Had similar prob, lights would dim when I went on full beam etc. then I noticed ABS light coming on and stuff.. then one night at about 1am, doing about 90mph everything cut out when I flicked to high beam! lights, power, the lot.. no way to even alert drivers behind me that I was there... and couldn't see a thing in front of me! Luckily it came back on as I flicked the high beam switch... don't ask me how.. was scary as hell!
Go get it checked as soon as! Managed to find one on ebay for £30 and problem solved! -------------------- The Flirt In The Vert! Good Girls Go Topless!  |
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cjh4l22 bad alternator? or connection? Jun 11, 2008 - 1:52 AM
pittfirefighter sounds like alternator is going bad... doesn't... Jun 12, 2008 - 1:19 AM hurley97 I agree, sounds like the alternator is going. But ... Jun 14, 2008 - 4:43 PM pipes i would suggest checking all of your grond wires..... Jun 14, 2008 - 4:46 PM
qatar11 If you can afford the down time, I would recommend... Jun 16, 2008 - 6:46 AM |
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