oke here is the story i got a y8 mini me in my car and its runing a z6 alternator because the obd2 one whouldent hook up to my obd0 harness i have been driveing the car for a week now and i noticed that the starter every time i turn the key sounds diffrent like less power or somthing not shur how can i find out if the alter nator is working and if so can it be a bad starter or battery thats cause int thiss i dont want to be stuck on the road lool

 

OBD0 alternator will work with the obd1 plug

 

Get a multimeter and measure the voltage at your battery. The exact specs are in the manual, but i believe they are 12 volts with the car off, 11 volts with car on and idle, and 14 volts with car on and revving to 2k. Im probably wrong though, its been about a year and half since mine stopped working.

Oh and if the battery is really low when you do the off test, or if you notice it draining by more than .01 volts within 1 or 2 minutes, your battery is dying, or youve got a drain somewhere.


Modified by bobjohnson at 10:56 PM 4/24/2008

 

well its a 91 civic its on its seconed battery lol a honda battary so i dont know if its due for a change at thiss moment i cant afford to change eneythying lol dam gas tank broke and im geting a new one im hope ing i can use a obd0 alternator and just swap the pully