PatrickGSR94

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IT'S FIXED!!!!

All it took was replacing the alternator. Of course it was a PITA having to pull the axle, but I'm glad I didn't have to replace anything like the oil pump or whatever. w00t!!!

For those who didn't see my threads last weekend, my battery light would come on after turning the car off, and would stay on all the time while the car was off, then would go back out after starting. My oil pressure light kept flashing continuously while the car was running.

So something definitely got jacked up inside the voltage regulator in the alternator. I just checked my records and saw that my old alternator (not the original one) had almost 85K miles on it, and I had bought it used off a friend, and it came off a B16 engine, so no telling how many miles it had before I put it on.

Oh well all is good, except for the %$#$^&%$ water STILL coming into my trunk, only now it's FREEZING! *mad*

PatrickGSR94

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so hmmm yeah just wanted to let people know what the problem was in case anybody else has the same problem.

CompanyFlow

Thats good to hear.

Cjsls

thats good to hear man . So no more oil pressure light??

PatrickGSR94

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nope everything is normal w/ the new alternator. crazy how a screwed up voltage regulator could have grounded the battery light while off and made the oil pressure flasher circuit go into flashing mode (which usually signals a momentary drop in oil pressure).

vidanator

glad u found the problem, thanks for the heads up if that ever happens to anyone else

PrecisionH23a

I'm having a similar problem on a 5th gen prelude. SAME exact problems as you are having... hopefully the new altenator fixes it.

calxtreme

glad it's all fixed!

PrecisionH23a

I just got back from advanced auto where i had the battery and altenator tested.

Both items were bad... go figure