charge light

92rsmx-3 · Post by **92rsmx-3** » June 4th, 2005, 1:12 am

searched but didnt find anything.

my charge light is comming on some times at idle and when i press the brake it comes on till i let off. and when i turn my blinker on it blinks with the blinker.

did a fuse go bad? or is my alterntor gone bad?

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » June 4th, 2005, 1:20 am

Classic symptom of pending alternator failure. Do yourself a favor and dont buy a remanufactured one from Autozone when you go to replace it.

Tunes67

mx3mikey · Post by **mx3mikey** » June 6th, 2005, 3:30 pm

Take the car to a parts store. They can test your voltage for you. Its free!

neutral · Post by **neutral** » June 6th, 2005, 6:42 pm

92rsmx-3 wrote:searched but didnt find anything. my charge light is comming on some times at idle and when i press the brake it comes on till i let off. and when i turn my blinker on it blinks with the blinker. did a fuse go bad? or is my alterntor gone bad?

My .02. Not fuse related & betcha the alt is fine, but your alt-belt probably needs more tension. The belt sounds as if not so loose as to slip/squeal but just loose enough that it only can run a higher elec load (like all lights PLUS brake lights, 27w ea I think) when your rpm's are up. At idle, loose belt = a battery drain condition coming into play.

Ck belt tension and adjust but don't overtighten it or can dmg the alt bearings. Rough rule of thumb (literally) is to put moderate thumb pressure against the centerpoint of the longest belt span and you should see 3/8" - 1/2" deflection on a used belt.

92rsmx-3 · Post by **92rsmx-3** » June 7th, 2005, 8:41 am

ya thats what i did last weekend before i put my car all back together was tighten my belts cause i just replaced them and they were squeeking still. everything seems to be good except once yesterday they ssqueeked when i started it.

neutral · Post by **neutral** » June 7th, 2005, 6:00 pm

Might need another adjustment. For some reason, the adjustment tolerance is very small on these cars. I had to do 2-3 adjustments about a week apart after putting on a new alt belt. Most cars only require one post-install adjustment and sometimes not even that.

If further belt adjustment doesn't work then agree w/Tunes 67, alternator may be wearing out. In that case check, or have someone check the output voltage under idle conditions.

Kuromu · Post by **Kuromu** » June 8th, 2005, 9:49 am

I had this when I first got mine. The first thing I did was checked the belt tension and it was a little loose. After I tightened it to spec, the light as stopped coming on.

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