97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
03-07-2011, 04:41 PM
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97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
Ok so my alternator went out on my way home and I was able to charge the bat up a bit to get it home....I replaced the alternator and now the lights surge a little bit and the speedometer goes crazy when I step on the gas......please help!!!!!!!
03-08-2011, 06:22 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
yep that did the trick no more surges and the speedometer works...but i still have a check engine light on?
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03-08-2011, 09:48 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
do i remove it when its running or when its off..and the back light fuse is located under the hood right
03-08-2011, 09:51 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
ok so i did all that and everythimg seemed fine but i let it run for about 3 min and the fuse for the alternator keeps poping...i dont know whats cousing it...i checked all the fuses and found the cooling fan fuse under the hood 20amp was poped as well..so i replaced it and the alternator fuse and started up it ran beautful for another 3 min then the alt fuse blew again?????????????????but the cooling fan was still good so i shut it off and banged my head on the wall please help
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
ok what are the chances it will work...i downloaded the adobe repair guid for this problem
03-09-2011, 05:56 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
Why not try the fix and find out? It will either correct the issue or not. Wondering about it won't get it repaired.
03-09-2011, 06:01 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
i know im doing it regardless just wanted to see how many people can give a a good awnser verses a bad one thanks
03-09-2011, 06:32 AM
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Re: 97 civic ex - lights surge and the speedometer goes crazy
ok sounds good...so i should see damged wire under there where its shorting out?
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