Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 10:45 AM
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what cause lights in the car to dim when foot off gas and brighting up when accelarating?
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Phatch99 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what cause lights in the car to dim when foot off gas and brighting up when accelarating?</TD></TR></TABLE>

The very tiny alternator in the engine bay. It's weak. You can remedy this by replacing all your grounds in the engine compartment with 8ga audio wire for less resistance.

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 11:59 AM
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two words

VOLTAGE REGULATOR

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Could be bad connections / altenators in civics are already small as fawk
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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you could have a draw in the system. something could be going bad or have a bad connection thus causing it to use more power.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dirtyd463 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">two words

VOLTAGE REGULATOR

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FWejCOUPE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you could have a draw in the system. something could be going bad or have a bad connection thus causing it to use more power. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Every civic I've ever been in has had lights dim / fan slow what have you when idling that went away when on the gas. Some people never noticed it until I pointed it out though. Improve your grounds, and it will remedy, if not take care of the whole problem.

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