Temperature gauge rises when lights turned on
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Temperature gauge rises when lights turned on
Hey ht,
So I have a 2000 civic dx with roughly 60,000 original miles. The problem Ive been having is when I turn my lights on the temperature gauge jumps up and when I turn them off it goes back to normal. Does this when I turn on the heater as well. Radiator and thermostat have been change, but I also have what looks to be an alternator that's going Out. The alternator pushes about 11-12 volts when I had it tested. Could it be the alternator causing this problem. I'm not experienced at working at cars joined this forum to learn so any help would be appreciate thanks.
So I have a 2000 civic dx with roughly 60,000 original miles. The problem Ive been having is when I turn my lights on the temperature gauge jumps up and when I turn them off it goes back to normal. Does this when I turn on the heater as well. Radiator and thermostat have been change, but I also have what looks to be an alternator that's going Out. The alternator pushes about 11-12 volts when I had it tested. Could it be the alternator causing this problem. I'm not experienced at working at cars joined this forum to learn so any help would be appreciate thanks.
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Re: Temperature gauge rises when lights turned on
I'm able to find g 402 on the right kick panel. Confirming they're all kinds of ground wire grounded with one screw? And g401 is the grounds I can't find
Any where I should be looking?
Any where I should be looking?
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It would be the only connection that's bolted down correct? With a lot of black wires coming out of the plastic connector?
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Thank you sir. Just did that and the grounds in the right kick panel had a lot of grease on them. I'll keep you guys updated when I drive again because this doesn't happen whenever I turn on my lights it happens once I drive for a bit than turn my lights on
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Update: So I finally was able to check this issue again and it still happens. Any other suggestions RonJ?
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Edit: I seem to have found a short in my ignition 40A fuse when I used a test light. How do I go about finding the short?
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Placed a test light between the negative battery light an terminal and yet light lit up remove "ig1 40a" fuse and light turned off.
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My apologies I was half asleep when I wrote this. What I meant to say is I placed a test light between the negative battery wire and negative terminal and the light lit up meaning that something is drawing from the battery. I then removed the ignition 1 fuse and the light turned off. Any links you can direct me to so I can test the ignition switch
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