Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
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Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
Having a weird problem with my 98 LX. The original alternator was going bad, it would randomly cut voltage from 14.5 to 12 as the car was running, it was noticeable in the headlights and dash lights they would go dim then brighten up even on the highway. But even during all this the battery warning light, NEVER came on. I just put a new alternator in the car, and voltage is now steady at the battery at 14.5 with the car running, but now the battery warning light is flickering at idle, and if i use the windows or put some other kind of load on it then it turns on solid. As soon as I get above say 2000 rpms it turns off. The voltage at idle is fine though so what gives??
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
Belt was tight but just retightened and its still doing it. I noticed that when I took the battery cables off with the car running, the light went away and the car runs fine. Alt output is between 14.4 and 14.7 volts consistently. Could this be a bad battery? Doesn't seem rational since all that was changed was the alternator but at the same time the old alt was bad and never threw the battery warning light so i dont know. Any help would be great
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
you should never remove the battery terminals while a car is running. the alternator will try to compensate for the loss of power and you could fry your ecu or other electronics...
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
I'm thinking something may have gotten damaged, or became faulty for your previous altenator's charging fluctuations.
Could be the battery, try swapping with a friend to check.
Could be the battery, try swapping with a friend to check.
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
Everything is tight. Went to autozone had the battery and charging system tested everything passed. Still stumped.
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
Are there any grounds that have got tampered with while replacing the altenator? What if it is a loose ground?
But you did say when you add a load such as rolling down the window, your battery light becomes solid. Hmmmm.
Check the fuse for the charging system.
But you did say when you add a load such as rolling down the window, your battery light becomes solid. Hmmmm.
Check the fuse for the charging system.
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
Do you guys think I should try getting another alternator? Ive read about people with problems from autozone alternators, although it is putting out consistent voltage and the car is running fine. What would be a better option for a reman?
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You can swap the alternator, prob will do it under warranty. If that does not work change the bulb in the gauge cluster, sometimes with age they act up. My d4 light sometimes works sometimes does not, this happened with my bulb for the trans shift it would work randomly, I changed it and it was fine ever since.
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Re: Battery Light flickering with NEW Alternator
It was the alternator. Put one in from a local rebuild shop and everything is working fine now, no more light. **** autozone, never again, their warranty means dick if i have to keep swapping alternators cause they are junk out of the box.
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Lifetime warranties have given me the skill to remove and reinstall an alternator lickety-split.
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