flyspyder55
Well-Known Member
ok so... ive got plenty of mechanical experience, just relativly unfamiliar with my own cars system lol.
ok so last week, i lost my speedo... it fluctuates from time to time, but generally sits at zero... figured i just lost the VSS. then the next day, driving into work, the car started to miss... i turned the headlights off, and it resumed working fine... drove a little more, and the car was barrely running by the time i got it to work. so i get to work, call the parts store (i work at a shop) have em send and alt (because the alt is NOT charging) didnt think about it, just threw one on, (generally the problem) and the same problem exists..
so we bench test my alt, and its charging at 14+v . so obviously the problem is in the car. now i havent had time to do much digging around. but i can charge the battery, and drive on it for a couple days. today my batt finally died ( had a spare in the trunk) and for ****s and giggles, i jumped the car, and the car ran on a 20 minute drive. so obviously, the alt is making enough power to keep the car running, just not enough to keep the battery charged.
this is what throws me off... if i had a broke wire, and the alternator wasnt geting excited, then id have 0V coming from the alt... ive got some power, just not enough... this is typical of a bad alt... but the alt is fine. any ideas would be apreciated.
btw 98 h swapped cg5
ok so last week, i lost my speedo... it fluctuates from time to time, but generally sits at zero... figured i just lost the VSS. then the next day, driving into work, the car started to miss... i turned the headlights off, and it resumed working fine... drove a little more, and the car was barrely running by the time i got it to work. so i get to work, call the parts store (i work at a shop) have em send and alt (because the alt is NOT charging) didnt think about it, just threw one on, (generally the problem) and the same problem exists..
so we bench test my alt, and its charging at 14+v . so obviously the problem is in the car. now i havent had time to do much digging around. but i can charge the battery, and drive on it for a couple days. today my batt finally died ( had a spare in the trunk) and for ****s and giggles, i jumped the car, and the car ran on a 20 minute drive. so obviously, the alt is making enough power to keep the car running, just not enough to keep the battery charged.
this is what throws me off... if i had a broke wire, and the alternator wasnt geting excited, then id have 0V coming from the alt... ive got some power, just not enough... this is typical of a bad alt... but the alt is fine. any ideas would be apreciated.
btw 98 h swapped cg5
