slowB20ej8

so i have a ej8 with a 98 gsr, i started having problems with a dead battery every two to three days while it sat and i drove my company vehicle so first thing i bought a new alteanator and battery i was good for about 2 weeks then started having problems first small stuff like my radio cuttn off then worse to where it wouldnt startand if i get it running my tach and speedo work on and off and if i pull a battery terminal off while its running it dies when it should stay on from the altenator, i now have a brand new battery and altenator and belt i bypassed the power line form the fuse box to the altenator and ran my own same gauge wire just to rule that out and still same problem i checkd all my grounds tranny strap valve cover and the one on the thermostat i think, so im having major issues if anybody has input please give cause this is

spooled_lsvtec

have you checked all the fuses linked to the charging system? also you can but a bad alt. i have before you can also use a multi meater to check the power comeing out of the alt to rule it out you may also do a load check to see if the alt is back feeding the system those are a few things i can think of to check into.

slowB20ej8

i tested for 12v at the altenator it was getting it from the battery i pulled the alt put and had it bench tested it passed....now for the fuse links ignore my ignorance but where would i locate them in the engine bay fuse box or somwhere else

spooled_lsvtec

it will be in one if the fuse boxes i dont happen to rem right off hand but i think its inside and it will be labled altanatior now you said you are getting 12vts from the alt right or 14? you should be getting 14vlts when the car is running use a multi meater and check it in the bay fuse box it should read 14 or so vlots if you have that there then theres no prob in the engine wireing then you move to the interior fuse box there will be a row of male ends sticking out of it check one or 2 of them till you see if you are getting 14 volts there if not! then you have a charge wire problem it could be that the harness isnt grounding correctly or the fuse is blown you can also use the sound feature to see if the wire has a prolblem with it my meater has a sound freq when the leads are linked to gather it will beep use this to see if theres a good connection btween the alt and the fuse box and lmk what you find out

slowB20ej8

alright kool thanks i dont have a fuse panel so ill have to find a diagram for it.....u dont happen to know the fuse size do you because i do have a blown 7.5 but i imagine the altenator fuse would be a little bit higher than that

x0!

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1966666

simple search answer found.

slowB20ej8

so i have narrowed my problem, i checked my blown 7.5 fuse and it was for my altenator i started trouble shooting first i jump it with the blown fuse stared off batt power, i cut it off put a 20 amp fuse in just to see as soon as i turned the key to igntion not cranking the motor i heard it blow i again but it started with a jump, so finally i just jumped the fuse with a wire went to jump it and noticed that my gauge cluster light (check engine) was dimmer with the wire in opposed to a blown fuse so i tried to jump it and got nothing wouldnt crank. im thinking maybe a grounding issue any body have input...

itsmejto

Oh Jeeezzz, WTF do you think fuses are for ?
Now you've let the smoke out you are going to need a special set of custom tools to get it back in.

slowB20ej8

r u bein a ******* on purpose cause im lookn for logical input not some **** talker who aint tryn to help.........