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My alternator dies out every 3 weeks.

Old 02-19-2008, 12:09 PM
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Default My alternator dies out every 3 weeks.

I need help my battery wont stay charged up i changed the alternator 3 times so far in a month and the battery wont stay charged up i changed the battery along with the alternator twice so theres definentlly something wrong but what could be the cause i have a 97 ek with a d16y8 in it anybody got any suggestions??
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Default Re: My alternator dies out every 3 weeks. (ek_coupe8108)

did u connect a cable from alternator to positve battery terminal?
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Default Re: My alternator dies out every 3 weeks. (crazyguy)

yea i connected all the cables that are meant to be connected that go to the alternator but it still does the same thing
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Default Re: My alternator dies out every 3 weeks. (ek_coupe8108)

check your grounds. Both on the chassis and on the alternator.
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Default Re: My alternator dies out every 3 weeks. (EG2Driver)

by getting a new ground kit would that fix the problem??
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Default Re: My alternator dies out every 3 weeks. (ek_coupe8108)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek_coupe8108 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by getting a new ground kit would that fix the problem??</TD></TR></TABLE>

no. fix the existing one. Honda thought long enough about the grounds that you don't need to ground it more than it is.
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