bad altinator? (spelling)
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bad altinator? (spelling)
so... my guages go nuts, lights really dim, cd-player died... pretty much no power... these are signs of a bad one? (just makin sure), bairly made it home :-/, yeah
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Check to see what the voltage output of the battery is. If the alternator is toast, the system would have started to drain the battery. There is a very good test procedure that isn't that pricey a quality auto shop could do to confirm this. Bring jumper cables with you and charge the battery the night before you go.
Check to see what the voltage output of the battery is. If the alternator is toast, the system would have started to drain the battery. There is a very good test procedure that isn't that pricey a quality auto shop could do to confirm this. Bring jumper cables with you and charge the battery the night before you go.
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Do the lights get brighter if you rev the motor.and is the Charge light come on?
If so its most likey an alternator.
You can also get a set of booster cables and connect them to another car. If it does not do this issue its your alternator because the other cars alternator will be charging your battery!
If so its most likey an alternator.
You can also get a set of booster cables and connect them to another car. If it does not do this issue its your alternator because the other cars alternator will be charging your battery!
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I know what my new battery's gonna be.mx3autozam wrote:If you have enough.I would recomend an Optima red top battery..I broke an alternator belt and drove my car for 2 days on just the battery. Recomend one of those babies for sure.
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most alternators you buy are rebuilt and you exchange your old one for a core charge. Its not hard to change the alternator, undo the big 14mm bolt and the upper 12 mm bolt and its out.
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yeah right unless its a 4 banger its a pain in the @$$ had to remove my ac compressor!! found out the alt i got from the pull and save wasn't the right one. same engine though? different carryan_Fuerte wrote:most alternators you buy are rebuilt and you exchange your old one for a core charge. Its not hard to change the alternator, undo the big 14mm bolt and the upper 12 mm bolt and its out.
new to mx-3, just bought one 1992 gs $900 good deal or not?